Ariadnaria insignis


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

Description

The length of the shell attains 18.5 mm.
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.

Distribution

The species was found in the northern Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, Kuril Islands and the Bering Sea ant depths down to 100 m.