Biology:Isanda murrea

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Short description: Species of mollusc

Isanda murrea
Isanda murrea 001.jpg
Drawing of a shell of Isanda murrea
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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]
  • 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. 1.0 1.1 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)
  • 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q18352240 entry