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Dentarene munita

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Dentarene munita
Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Dentarene munita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Dentarene
Species:
D. munita
Binomial name
Dentarene munita
Iredale, 1929
Synonyms[1]
  • Delphinula muricata Reeve, 1843
  • Dentarene munitus sic (incorrect gender ending)
  • Liotia muricata Reeve, 1843

Dentarene munita is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae.[1]

This is a replacement name for Delphinula muricata Reeve, 1843, non Calcara, 1841

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 20 mm. The shell is rather narrowly umbilicated. It has a pale orange yellow color, radiated and spotted with a reddish chestnut. The three whorls contain scaly-prickly keels at the periphery and are slopingly flattened above. The suture is excavated. The surface above and below contain minutely beaded revolving striae.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Queensland, Australia.

References

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  1. ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2013). Dentarene munita Iredale, 1929. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737801 on 2013-08-29
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Liotia muricata)
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