Marita insculpta

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

Marita insculpta
Scientific classification
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 insculpta Boettger, 1904 (doubtful synonym)
  • Guraleus insculptus (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
  • Mangelia insculpta Adams & Angas, 1864 (original combination)
  • Mangilia insculpta (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)

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.

References
  1. 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. (described as Mangilia insculpta)
  • Adams, A. & Angas, G.F. 1864. Descriptions of new species from Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863(III): 418-428, pl. xxxvii
  • 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
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
  • Hedley C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359
  • "Marita insculpta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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