Dentarene munita is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae.[1]
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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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| Dentarene munita Iredale, 1929
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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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