''Ilanga bicarinata'' is a

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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567644 on 2012-12-03 ;Subspecies: * '' Ilanga bicarinata bicarinata'' (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) * ''Ilanga bicarinata sphinx'' Herbert, 1987

Description

The shell has a depressed orbicular shape with a broad umbilicus. Its color is white, closely painted longitudinally with wide brown stripes. The shell contains 5½ smooth

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is acute. The whorls are bicarinated. The carinae are distant. The interspaces are concave, spirally closely lineated, concentrically striated. The color of the shell is brownish or yellowish, variegated with reddish flammules. The carinae are obliquely articulated with red. The interior is iridescent. This shell is characterized externally by a certain metallic hue, whilst it is particularly iridescent in the interior. Arthur Adams (1850) The Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, (1843-1846); London :Reeve and Benham,1850

Distribution

This marine species occurs in "Eastern Seas" (not further specified).

References

* Adams, A. & Reeve, L., 1848, ''The Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang'', 1-84, pls.1-24, Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, London

External links

To World Register of Marine Species
{{Commonscat bicarinata Gastropods described in 1850