Marita inornata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Marita inornata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1896). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434387 on 2017-10-06
Description
The length of the shell attains 8.5 mm, its diameter 3 mm.
The white shell has a fusiform shape. The acuminate spire has a sharp apex. It contains seven whorls, of which two in the protoconch. The subsequent whorls are angulated. They are crossed by very obscure lirae and faintly discernible ribs, becoming obsolete on the body whorl. The body whorl shows many inconspicuous lirae. The aperture is oblong. The columella is straight. The outer lip is sharp and slightly sinuate below.Sowerby G.B. III. (1896). List of the Pleurotomidae of South Australia, with descriptions of some new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 2(1): 24-32, pl. 3
Distribution This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia.
References
Verco, J.C. 1909. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 293-342
External links Hedley C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359 Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.