Marita inornata

Marita inornata
Original image of a shell of Marita inornata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Marita
Species:	M. inornata
Binomial name
Marita inornata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1896)
Synonyms [1]
Daphnella inornata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1897) Guraleus (Guraleus) inornatus(G. B. Sowerby III, 1896) Mangilia inornataG. B. Sowerby III, 1896 (original combination)

Marita inornata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 8.5 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

The white shell has a fusiform shape. The acuminate spire has a sharp apex. It contains seven whorls, of which two in the protoconch. The subsequent whorls are angulated. They are crossed by very obscure lirae and faintly discernible ribs, becoming obsolete on the body whorl. The body whorl shows many inconspicuous lirae. The aperture is oblong. The columella is straight. The outer lip is sharp and slightly sinuate below. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia.

References

1. WoRMS (2009). Marita inornata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1896). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434387 on 2017-10-06
2. Sowerby G.B. III. (1896). List of the Pleurotomidae of South Australia, with descriptions of some new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 2(1): 24-32, pl. 3

• Verco, J.C. 1909. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 293-342

External links

• Hedley C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
• "Marita inornatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.