Ariadnaria insignis

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Ariadnaria insignis
Shell of Ariadnaria insignis (holotype)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Capulidae
Genus: Ariadnaria
Species:
A. insignis
Binomial name
Ariadnaria insignis
(Middendorff, 1848)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ariadna insignis (Middendorff, 1848) superseded combination
  • Trichotropis (Ariadna) insignis Middendorff, 1848 superseded combination
  • Trichotropis insignis Middendorff, 1848 (original combination)
  • Turritropis insignis (Middendorff, 1848) (a junior synonym)

Ariadnaria insignis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Capulidae, the cap snails. [1]

The length of the shell attains 18.5 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is ovately turreted and has a whitish color. Its whorls are densely and coarsely ridged with prominent, two elevated ridges that are sub-carinated and angular. The aperture is wide and angular at the ridges.[2]

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