Mitromorpha dorcas

Mitromorpha dorcas
Apertural view of a shell of Mitromorpha dorcas (specimen in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade: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

  1. 1 2 Mitromorpha dorcas (Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  • 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
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Mitromorpha (Mitromorpha) dorcas


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