Marita schoutenensis

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

Marita schoutenensis
Original image of a shell of Marita schoutenensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Marita
Species:
M. schoutenensis
Binomial name
Marita schoutenensis
(May, 1901)
Synonyms[1]
  • Guraleus schoutenensis (May, 1901)
  • Guraleus (Guraleus) schoutenensis May, 1901
  • Mangilia schoutenensis May, 1901 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.3 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

The solid, yellowish white shell has a subfusiform shape. It contains 5 rounded whorls, including a large protoconch of two rounded polished whorls. The other whorls are strongly ribbed by distant curved ribs, about 12 on the spire. On the body whorl they disappear above the middle. The whole shell is girt by numerous irregularly spaced impressed lines, which pass over the ribs. The aperture is elongate, oval, with no contraction for a siphonal canal. The outer lip is thin, curved, with a moderate sinus at the suture, which bends the ribs. The columella is straight.[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria.

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2017). Marita schoutenensis (May, 1901). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434390 on 2017-10-07
  2. May, W.L. 1910. New marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 48: 380-398 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. (described as Mangilia schoutenensis)
  • Tate, R. & May, W.L. 1901. A revised census of the marine Mollusca of Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26(3): 344-471
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