Angaria is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of sea snail

Snail

Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...

s, marine

Marine (ocean)

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 gastropod mollusks in the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Angariidae.

Angaria is the only genus in the family Angariidae.

2005 taxonomy

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005

Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...

), Angaria belongs in the subfamily Angariinae, within the family Turbinidae

Turbinidae

Turbinidae, the turban snails, are a family of small to large marine gastropods. Turbinidae have a strong, thick calcareous operculum readily distinguishing them from the somewhat similar Trochidae or top snails, which have a corneous operculum...

.

2008 taxonomy

Angaria was moved to the family Angariidae within the newly created superfamily Angarioidea

Angarioidea

Angarioidea is a superfamily of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.-Taxonomy :The superfamily Angarioidea was created as a new superfamily by Williams et al...

 according to Williams et al. (2008).

Species

Species in the genus Angaria include:

• Angaria carmencita
  Angaria carmencita
  Angaria carmencita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Angariidae....
  
  Günther, 2007
• Angaria delphinus
  Angaria delphinus
  Angaria delphinus, common name the common delphinula, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Angariidae. -Description:...
  
  (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Angaria formosa
  Angaria formosa
  Angaria formosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Angariidae....
  
  (Reeve, 1843)
• Angaria laciniata (Lamarck, 1816) : synonym of Angaria delphinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Angaria melanacantha
  Angaria melanacantha
  Angaria melanacantha, common name the black-tankard angaria, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Angariidae.-External References:...
  
  (Reeve, 1842)
• Angaria neglecta
  Angaria neglecta
  Angaria neglecta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Angariidae....
  
  Poppe & Goto, 1993
• Angaria nhatrangensis
  Angaria nhatrangensis
  Angaria nhatrangensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Angariidae....
  
  Dekker, 2006
• Angaria nodosa
  Angaria nodosa
  Angaria nodosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Angariidae....
  
  (Reeve, 1843)
• Angaria rugosa
  Angaria rugosa
  Angaria rugosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Angariidae....
  
  (Kiener, 1873)
• Angaria sphaerula
  Angaria sphaerula
  Angaria sphaerula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Angariidae.- External links :* Poppe G.T. & Goto Y. Recent Angariidae. Ancona: Informatore Piceno. 32 pls, 10 pls....
  
  (Kiener, L.C., 1839)
• Angaria turpini
  Angaria turpini
  Angaria turpini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Angariidae....
  
  K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2006
• Angaria tyria
  Angaria tyria
  Angaria tyria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Angariidae....
  
  (Reeve, 1842)
• Angaria vicdani
  Angaria vicdani
  Angaria vicdani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Angariidae.- External links :* Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp., at page 40....
  
  (Kosuge, S., 1980)

• Angaria lilianae (Monsecour, K. & D. Monsecour, 2000)Published in GloriaMaris.
• Angaria poppei (Monsecour, K. & D. Monsecour, 1999) Published in GloriaMaris.
• Angaria javanica (Monsecour, K. & D. Monsecour, 1999)Published in GloriaMaris.

Further reading

• Poppe G.
  Guido Poppe
  Guido T. Poppe is a Belgian malacologist, shell dealer and author of more than 20 books and publications about shells, mainly about the families Volutidae and Trochidae.-Biography:...
  
  & Goto Y. Recent Angariidae. Monstra Mondiale Malacologia. Cupra Marittima. 32 pp., 10 pls.