Isanda murrea
| Isanda murrea | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Isanda murrea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Isanda |
| Species: | I. murrea |
| Binomial name | |
| Isanda murrea (Reeve, 1848) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Isanda murrea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Description
[edit]It is a minute turbinate, porcelaneous shell, with narrow umbilicus, its margin crenated. It is smooth, polished, white neatly blotched with pale rose.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Japan.
References
[edit]- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2014). Isanda murrea (Reeve, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732116 on 2014-07-07
- ↑ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Turbo murreus)
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.