Mangeliidae: Marita compta (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) (‘margin-like turrid’)
Synonym(s): compta A. Adams & Angas, 1864 varix Tenison-Woods, 1877.
Typical shell-length 12 mm. Superficially resembles an Austroginella. Lives subtidally amongst rocks and seaweed. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA). In Tasmanian waters, this is an uncommon species, largely confined to the N coast and Bass Strait islands.
Classification
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Marita
Localities for Marita compta
Bellingham
Black River Beach: northern end
Bruny Island (unlocalised)
Burnie: Blythe Heads & estuary
Clayton: foreshore
East Devonport: Moorland Beach
East Devonport: Pardoe Beach
East Devonport: Pardoe Point
East Ulverstone
East Ulverstone: Buttons Beach
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Bay
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie: foreshore
Flinders Island: Leeka: foreshore towards Twelve Hour Point
Flinders Island: Tanners Bay
Flinders Island (unlocalised)
Goat Island: foreshore of island and nearby mainland
Greens Beach: main beach
King Island (unlocalised)
Leith: foreshore
Leith: Lillico Beach
Low Head (unlocalised)
Narawntapu: Griffiths Point
North coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Pipers Head
Rocky Cape: Burgess Cove
Rocky Cape: Castle Rock Bay
Rocky Cape: Mary Anne Cove area
Stanley: Tatlows Beach
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Turners Beach
Ulverstone (unlocalised)
Wynyard: Fossil Bluff