Dentarene munita

Dentarene munita
Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Dentarene munita
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Liotiidae
Genus:	Dentarene
Species:	D. munita
Binomial name
Dentarene munita Iredale, 1929
Synonyms [1]
Delphinula muricataReeve, 1843 Dentarene munitussic (incorrect gender ending) Liotia muricataReeve, 1843

Dentarene munita is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae. ^[1]

This is a replacement name for Delphinula muricataReeve, 1843, non Calcara, 1841

Description

The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 20 mm. The shell is rather narrowly umbilicated. It has a pale orange yellow color, radiated and spotted with a reddish chestnut. The three whorls contain scaly-prickly keels at the periphery and are slopingly flattened above. The suture is excavated. The surface above and below contain minutely beaded revolving striae. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Queensland, Australia.

References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2013). Dentarene munita Iredale, 1929. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737801 on 2013-08-29
2. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Liotia muricata)

External links

• World Register of Marine Species