Marita (gastropod)

Marita (gastropod)
Marita
Marita bella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae [1]
Genus: Marita
Hedley, 1922
Type species
Cithara compta Adams & Angas, 1864

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

Species

Species within the genus Marita include according to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) [3]

  • Marita bella (Adams & Angas, 1864)
  • Marita elongata Laseron, 1954
  • Marita inornata (Sowerby III, 1896)
  • Marita insculpta (Adams & Angas, 1864)
  • Marita nitidus (Hedley, 1922)
  • Marita schoutenensis (May, 1911)
  • Marita tumida Laseron, 1954
Marita compta

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the Australian species [4]

  • Marita compta (Adams & Angas, 1864)

References

  1. ^ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
  2. ^ Marita Hedley, 1922.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432500 on 7 August 2011.
  3. ^ WoRMS : Marita
  4. ^ OBIS : Marita

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