Marita is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.[2]
| 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 | |
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