Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Scientific name Austrodrillia angasi | Phylum Mollusca Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda Rank Species | |
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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.
Contents
It was previously classified within the family Turridae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 16 mm.
The shell has a brownish olivaceous color. It contains 9 whorls. The embryonal whorls are smooth. The others contain from seven to ten short longitudinal ribs forming a tuberculated shoulder. The surface often shows minute revolving striae. The aperture is chestnut-brown. Sometimes there is a brown band below the middle of the body whorl.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria.
References
Austrodrillia angasi Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA