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Marita inornata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1896)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Mangeliidae »  genus Marita

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Marita inornata

Author: G.B. III Sowerby

Description

Testa fusiformis, alba; spira acuminata, acutiuscula; anfractus 7, primi 2 laeves, sequentes angulati, spiraliter obscurissime lirati, longitudinaliter subinconspicue costati, superne subconcavo-declives, infra angulum leviter convexi; anfractus ultimus spiram fere aequans haud costatus, liris spiralibus numerosis perinconspicuis sculptus, basim versus attenuatus, levissime constrictus; apertura oblonga; columella recta ; labrum tenue, postice breviter sinuatum. Long. 8.50 mm, diam. 3 mm.
Source: Sowerby, 1896. List of the Pleurotomidae of South Australia, with descriptions of some new species. (Original description)

Interchangeable taxa

A white shell, resembling in form the typical ribbed Mangeliae, but the ribs are only faintly discernible on the spire, and obsolete on the body-whorl.

Distribution

South Australia. St Vincent's Gulf.
Author: Jan Delsing

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