Dentarene munita

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

Dentarene munita
Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Dentarene munita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Dentarene
Species:
D. munita
Binomial name
Dentarene munita
Iredale, 1929
Synonyms[1]
  • Delphinula muricata Reeve, 1843
  • Dentarene munitus sic (incorrect gender ending)
  • Liotia muricata Reeve, 1843

This is a replacement name for Delphinula muricata Reeve, 1843, non Calcara, 1841

Description

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

This marine species occurs off Queensland, Australia.

References
  1. 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
  2. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Liotia muricata)
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