Austrodrillia angasi | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Austrodrillia angasi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Horaiclavidae |
Genus: | Austrodrillia |
Species: | A. angasi
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Binomial name | |
Austrodrillia angasi (
Crosse, 1863)
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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]
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. [2]
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria.