Biology:Mitromorpha dorcas

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Mitromorpha dorcas
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Apertural view of a shell of Mitromorpha dorcas (specimen in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. dorcas
Binomial name
Mitromorpha dorcas
(Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971)
Synonyms[1]
  • Anarithma dorcas Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971 (original description)
  • Mitrella celinae Kosuge, 1980
  • Mitromorpha (Mitromorpha) dorcas (Kuroda, T. & K. Oyama in Kuroda, T., T. Habe & K. Oyama, 1971)

Mitromorpha dorcas is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 28 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Japan .

References

  • Kuroda, T.; Habe, T.; Oyama, K. (1971). The Sea Shells of Sagami Bay. Maruzen Co., Tokyo. xix, 1–741 (Japanese text), 1–489 (English text), 1–51 (Index), pls 1–121
  • Kosuge S. (1980) Description of new species of the genus Mitrella (Pyrenidae, Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 1(3): 46, pl. 9
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. (1988b) Taxonomic notes on the Mitromorpha group of the family Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Borsoniinae). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 25, 63–73

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5224206 entry