Marita tumida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Marita tumida
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Marita
Species:
M. tumida
Binomial name
Marita tumida
Laseron, 1954

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales and Tasmania.

References

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  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2009). Marita tumida Laseron, 1954. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434391 on 2017-10-03
  • Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1-56, pls 1-12.
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  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
  • "Marita tumida". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.