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.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 August 2011.
3. WoRMS : Marita
4. OBIS : Marita

External links

• Hedley C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, p. 312