Marita (gastropod)
| Marita | |
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| Shell of Marita compta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Marita Hedley, 1922[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cithara compta Adams & Angas, 1864 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Guraleus (Marita) Hedley, 1922 | |
Marita is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.[2]
Description[edit]
Originally considered a subgenus of Guraleus, it was separated by Charles Henley in 1922 because of these special characteristics: rounded shoulder, ovate contour, shorter spire, and a smoother sculpture.
Distribution[edit]
This marine genus is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Marita include according to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) [3]
- Marita compta (Adams & Angas, 1864)
- Marita elongata Laseron, 1954
- Marita inornata (Sowerby III, 1896)
- Marita insculpta (Adams & Angas, 1864)
- Marita nitida (Hedley, 1922)
- Marita schoutenensis (May, 1901)
- Marita tumida Laseron, 1954
- Species brought into synonymy
- Marita bella (Adams & Angas, 1864): synonym of Antiguraleus adcocki (G. B. Sowerby III, 1896)
- Marita peregrina A.A. Gould, 1860: synonym of Marita compta (Adams & Angas, 1864)
- Marita varix J.E. Tenison-Woods, 1877: synonym of Marita compta (Adams & Angas, 1864)
References[edit]
- ^ Hedley C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359. page 312.
- ^ a b Marita Hedley, 1922. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 August 2011.
- ^ WoRMS : Marita
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marita.
- Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- Worldwide Mollusk Data base : Mangeliidae