Marita insculpta

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Marita insculpta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Marita
Species:
M. insculpta
Binomial name
Marita insculpta
(A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
Synonyms [1]
  • Clathurella insculptaBoettger, 1904 (doubtful synonym)
  • Guraleus insculptus(A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
  • Mangelia insculptaAdams & Angas, 1864 (original combination)
  • Mangilia insculpta(A. Adams & Angas, 1864)

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

The shell is closely longitudinally plicate. The ribs form a slight posterior shoulder or angle, interstices with revolving lirae. The color of the shell is light yellowish brown, darker in the grooves. [2]

Distribution

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

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2017). Marita insculpta (A. Adams & Angas, 1864). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434388 on 2017-10-04
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. (described as Mangilia insculpta)
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