Dentarene munita is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae.Rosenberg, G. (2013). Dentarene munita Iredale, 1929. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737801 on 2013-08-29
This is a replacement name for Delphinula muricata Reeve, 1843, non Calcara, 1841
Description The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 20 mm. The shell is rather narrowly umbilicated. It has a pale orange yellow color, radiated and spotted with a reddish chestnut. The three whorls contain scaly-prickly keels at the periphery and are slopingly flattened above. The suture is excavated. The surface above and below contain minutely beaded revolving striae.G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Liotia muricata)
Distribution This marine species occurs off Queensland, Australia.
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World Register of Marine Species