Ilanga illustris

Ilanga illustris
Original drawing with three views of a shell of Ilanga illustris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Ilanga
Species:
I. illustris
Binomial name
Ilanga illustris
(Sturany, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Solariella illustris Sturany, 1904 (original description)

Ilanga illustris is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 6.4 mm, its diameter 9.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea at depths between 212 m and 700 m.

References

  1. ^ Sturany B., 1904: Expeditionen S.M. Schiff "Pola" in das Rothe Meer, nördliche und südliche hälfte, 1895/96-1897/98. Zoologische ergebnisse. XXIII. Gastropoden des Rothes Meeres; Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien v.74 209-283, 7pls.
  • Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. (2000). Checklist of Red Sea Mollusca. Spirula. 47 Supplement : 1-46


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