Austrodrillia angasi facts for kids
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Austrodrillia angasi, also known as Angas's turrid, is a type of small sea snail. It is a marine gastropod mollusk, which means it's an animal with a soft body, often protected by a shell, like clams or octopuses. This particular snail belongs to a group called gastropods, which includes all snails and slugs. It is part of the Horaiclavidae family.
This snail was once placed in a different family called Turridae. Scientists sometimes change how they classify animals as they learn more about them.
What Does It Look Like?
The shell of the Angas's turrid can grow up to about 16 millimeters long. That's a bit less than an inch!
The shell is usually a brownish-olive color. It has 9 whorls, which are the spiral turns of the shell. The very first whorls, called embryonal whorls, are smooth. The other whorls have about seven to ten short bumps or ridges that form a bumpy "shoulder" on the shell. The surface of the shell often has tiny lines that go around it.
The opening of the shell, called the aperture, is chestnut-brown. Sometimes, there is also a brown band below the middle of the main body part of the shell.
Where Does It Live?
This marine snail lives only in Australia. This means it is endemic to Australia, found nowhere else in the world naturally. You can find it off the coasts of New South Wales, Tasmania, and Victoria.
