''Angaria melanacantha'', common name the black-tankard angaria, is a

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of sea snail, a marine gastropod

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in the

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Angariidae.

Description

The shell can grow to be 35 mm to 95 mm in length.

Distribution

''Angaria melanacantha'' can be found off of the

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and

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References

* MacDonald & Co (1979). ''The MacDonald Encyclopedia of Shells''. MacDonald & Co. London & Sydney.

External References

* Poppe G.T. & Goto Y. (1993) Recent Angariidae. Ancona: Informatore Piceno. 32 pls, 10 pls. Angariidae Gastropods described in 1842 {{Angariidae-stub