Isanda murrea

Isanda murrea
Drawing of a shell of Isanda murrea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Isanda
Species: I. murrea
Binomial name
Isanda murrea
(Reeve, 1848)
Synonyms[1]
  • Isander maculosus A. Adams, 1862
  • Turbo murreus Reeve, 1848 (original combination)
  • Umbonella murrea Reeve, 1863

Isanda murrea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Description

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

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

  1. 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}
  2. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Turbo murreus)
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