Austrodrillia angasi
Austrodrillia angasi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Horaiclavidae |
Genus: | Austrodrillia |
Species: | A. angasi |
Binomial name | |
Austrodrillia angasi (Crosse, 1863) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Austrodrillia angasi, common name Angas's turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.
It was previously classified within the family Turridae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 16 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria.
References
- 1 2 Austrodrillia angasi (Crosse, 1863). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- Crosse, H. 1863. Description d'espèces nouvelles d'Australie. Journal de Conchyliologie 11: 84-90
- Angas, G.F. 1867. A list of species of marine Mollusca found in Port Jackson harbour, New South Wales, and on the adjacent coasts, with notes on their habits, etc. Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 185-233
- Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
- Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian Shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs.
- Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1-56, pls 1-12.
- Wells, F.E. 1990. Revision of the recent Australian Turridae referred to the genera Splendrillia and Austrodrillia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 11: 73-117
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
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