Ilanga bicarinata bicarinata
Ilanga undata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1][2]
- Subspecies
- Ilanga undata sphinx Herbert, 1987
- Ilanga undata undata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
| Ilanga bicarinata bicarinata | |
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| Shells of Ilanga undata sphinx (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Solariellidae |
| Genus: | Ilanga |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | I. b. bicarinata |
| Trinomial name | |
| Ilanga bicarinata bicarinata (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The height of the shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 15 mm. The depressed, pale reddish or fawn shell is perforated with a round umbilicus up to the apex. It is faintly spirally lirate and angulated almost above the suture. It is rounded-angular at the middle of the keel. The corners are red-stained. The interstices show red waving lines.[3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank to the West Cape Province, South Africa
References
- MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ilanga bicarinata bicarinata (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865139 on 2021-06-26
- Herbert D.G. (1987). Revision of the Solariellinae (Mollusca: Prosobranchia: Trochidae) in southern Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 25(2):283-382.
- Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Solariella undata)
- Thiele J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899. 17(2): 35-382, pls 13-46
External links
- Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). Mollusca. In A. Adams (ed.), The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls.
- G.B. Sowerby (1870), Descriptions of forty-eight new Species of Shells; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
- K.H. Barnard, Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part IV. Gastropoda : Prosobranchiata; Annals of the South African Museum v. 47 (1963-1974) p. 236-237
- Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). Zootaxa. 4049(1): 1-98.
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Gastropods.com: Ilanga undata undata
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