Ilanga illustris

Ilanga illustris
Original drawing with three views of a shell of Ilanga illustris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Ilanga
Species: I. illustris
Binomial name
Ilanga illustris
(Sturany, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Solariella illustris Sturany, 1904 (original description)

Ilanga illustris is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 6.4 mm, its diameter 9.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea at depths between 212 m and 700 m.

References


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