Marita insculpta
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| Marita insculpta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Marita |
| Species: | M. insculpta |
| Binomial name | |
| Marita insculpta (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) | |
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Marita insculpta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
The length of the shell attains 6 mm.
The shell is closely longitudinally plicate. The ribs form a slight posterior shoulder or angle, interstices with revolving lirae. The color of the shell is light yellowish brown, darker in the grooves.[2]
