Spectamen marsus, common name the streaked top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.

Description

The size of the shell attains 5 mm.

Spectamen marsus

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia and Western Australia.

Spectamen marsus

References

Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. (1938) New species of South Australian Gastropoda. Records of the South Australian Museum, 6, 199–206, pl. 17. Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.

Spectamen marsus

External links

World Register of Marine Species

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Gastropods of Australia

Gastropods described in 1938