''Angaria carmencita'' is a

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sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

, a marine

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in the

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Angariidae ''Angaria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Angariidae. ''Angaria'' is the only genus in the family Angariidae. Taxonomy According to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet ...

, part of the superfamily Trochoidea

Description

The shell can grow to be 40 mm to 70 mm.

Distribution

Angaria carmencita can be found off of

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, and

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References

Angariidae Gastropods described in 2007 {{Angariidae-stub