Mitromorpha alba

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

Mitromorpha alba
Shell of Mitromorpha alba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. alba
Binomial name
Mitromorpha alba
(Petterd, 1879)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella alba Petterd, 1879
  • Mitrithara alba Petterd, 1879
  • Mitromorpha flindersi Pritchard, G.B. & J.H. Gatliff, 1899

The variety Mitromorpha alba var. axiscalpta Verco, 1909is a synonym of Mitromorpha axiscalpta Verco, 1909 (original rank)

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.4 mm.

The small, solid shell is biconical to cylindro-fusiform. It contains four whorls. The protoconch is blunt. The colour is white. The whorls show close revolving cords, sometimes decussated with radial riblets. No varix. The outer lip is thin. The sinus is evanescent. The columella is incrassate, with an indistinct single or double plication. The siphonal canal is wide and short,. The aperture is lyrate within.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tasmania, Australia, and off Taiwan

References
  1. Mitromorpha alba (Petterd, 1879). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 December 2011.
  2. W Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Petterd, Journal of Conchyology., ii., 1879, p. 104.
  • Tate and May, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., xxvi., 1904, pp. 372, 455
  • Pritchard and Gatliff, Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict., xii..1899, p. 104, pi. viii., fig. 6, and xviii., 1906, p. 51
  • Verco, J.C. 1909. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 293–342 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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