Dentarene munita

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Dentarene munita
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Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Dentarene munita
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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]

Contents

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.

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References

  1. 1 2 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)
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