Angaria melanacantha

Angaria melanacantha
Shell of Angaria melanacantha (Reeve, 1842)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Angarioidea
Family: Angariidae
Subfamily: Angariinae
Genus: Angaria
Species: A. melanacantha
Binomial name
Angaria melanacantha
(Reeve, 1842)
Synonyms[1]

Delphinula imperialis Reeve, 1843
Delphinula melanacantha Reeve, 1842

Apical view of shell of Angaria melanacantha (Reeve, 1842), measuring 31.2 mm height by 42.2 mm diameter, trawled off Palawan, in the Philippines.

Angaria melanacantha,[1] common name the black-tankard angaria, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Angariidae.

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