Dentarene munita
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| Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Dentarene munita | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Liotiidae |
| Genus: | Dentarene |
| Species: | D. munita
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| Binomial name | |
| Dentarene munita Iredale, 1929
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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[edit]
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[edit]
This marine species occurs off Queensland, Australia.
References[edit]
- ^ 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
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Liotia muricata)
External links[edit]
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