Biology:Calcimitra morchii

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Calcimitra morchii
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Mitroidea
Family: Mitridae
Subfamily: Mitrinae
Genus: Calcimitra
Species:
C. morchii
Binomial name
Calcimitra morchii
(A. Adams, 1855)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancilla herklotsiana (Dohrn, 1861)
  • Cancilla morchii (A. Adams, 1855)
  • Mitra (Tiara) morchii A. Adams, 1855
  • Mitra herklotsiana Dohrn, 1861
  • Mitra morchii A. Adams, 1855

Calcimitra morchii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1][2]

Description

This species attains a size of 63 mm.

Distribution

Pacific Ocean, Philippines .

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase (2018). Calcimitra morchii (A. Adams, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1060242 on 2019-01-04
  2. Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(2): 253-337.

Wikidata ☰ Q60395731 entry