Angaria loebbeckei

Angaria loebbeckei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Angariidae.

It was discovered and described in 2022 based on only four specimens, which are part of both private and museum collections.

In honour of the shell collector Theodor Löbbecke, who would have celebrated its 200th birthday in 2021, the new species was named after him.

Günther (2022) describes the spire of the shell as quite low to moderately high.

[1] Angaria loebbeckei can be found in the ocean around Nicobar Islands, India and Sri Lanka, presumably in rather shallow water.