Angaria melanacantha

Angaria melanacantha,^[1] common name the black-tankard angaria, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Angariidae.

Angaria melanacantha
Shell of Angaria melanacantha (Reeve, 1842)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Angariidae
Genus:	Angaria
Species:	A. melanacantha
Binomial name
Angaria melanacantha (Reeve, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
Delphinula imperialis Reeve, 1843 Delphinula melanacantha Reeve, 1842 Apical view of shell of Angaria melanacantha (Reeve, 1842), measuring 31.2 mm height by 42.2 mm diameter, trawled off Palawan, in the Philippines.

Description

The shell can grow to be 35 mm to 95 mm in length.^[2]

Distribution

Angaria melanacantha can be found off the Philippines and Vietnam.^[2]