Isanda murrea

Isanda murrea
Drawing of a shell of Isanda murrea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Isanda
Species:	I. murrea
Binomial name
Isanda murrea (Reeve, 1848)
Synonyms [1]
Isander maculosusA. Adams, 1862 Turbo murreusReeve, 1848 (original combination) Umbonella murreaReeve, 1863

Isanda murrea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails. ^[1]

Description

It is a minute turbinate, porcelaneous shell, with narrow umbilicus, its margin crenated. It is smooth, polished, white neatly blotched with pale rose. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Isanda murrea (Reeve, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732116 on 2014-07-07
2. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Turbo murreus)

• Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.