Austrodrillia angasi facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Austrodrillia angasi
Apertural view of a shell of Austrodrillia angasi
Scientific classification
Synonyms
Drillia angasi (Crosse, 1863) Pleurotoma angasi Crosse, 1863

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.

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.

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