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Marita nitida (C. Hedley, 1922)

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

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Marita nitida

Author: Hedley, C.

Description

Shell small, thin, translucent, glossy, narrow-ovate. Colour white, with a few faint rusty spots. Whorls five and a half, two of which compose the protoconch. Sculpture: Radials are elevate narrow spaced ribs—on the first adult whorl eleven, on the last whorl eight; between these ribs are incised spiral lines, increasing from six on the first adult whorl to about twenty-four on the last. Aperture: Mouth narrow; varix slight; sinus indefinite. Length 7.5 mm., breadth 3 mm.
Source: Hedley 1922.A revision of the Australian Turridae. (Original description)

Distribution

South Australia. 100 fathoms, 40 miles south of Cape Wiles
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Marita nitida (Hedley, 1922)]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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