Munditia subquadrata

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Munditia subquadrata
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Munditia subquadrata (Tenison-Woods, 1878), a sea snail in the family Liotiidae; South Australia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Munditia
Species:
M. subquadrata
Binomial name
Munditia subquadrata
(Tenison Woods, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Cyclostrema immaculataTenison-Woods, 1877
  • Liotia subquadrataTenison-Woods, 1878
  • Munditia immaculataTenison-Woods, J.E., 1877

Munditia subquadrata, common name the squared munditia, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae. [1]

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 6.5 mm. The Tasmanian specimen attains a diameter of 9 mm. The small, white, thickly shell has a discoid shape. It is flattened above. It is very finely undulately striate all over. The four whorls are angular above, coronate and radiately ribbed, rounded below, and furnished with two rounded obsolete granular keels. The umbilicus is very ample, with an elegantly dentate margin. The orbicular aperture is toothed. [2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia. It occurs off South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.

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