Mitromorpha axiscalpta

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

Mitromorpha axiscalpta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. axiscalpta
Binomial name
Mitromorpha axiscalpta
(Verco, 1909)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitrithara axiscalpta (Verco, 1909)
  • Mitromorpha alba var. axiscalpta, Verco, 1909 (original rank)

Description

(Original description) It has the shape of Mitromorpha alba (Petterd, 1879) but has crowded axial incisions granulating the spirals. It has also three spiral rows of small, square brown spots on the body whorl, one just below the suture, but not on the first spiral as in some of the typical M. alba; a second starting just above the aperture and winding round to just above the middle of the outer lip; a third beginning just above the two nodules on the outer lip and running over the back of the aperture. The upper two rows appear in the spire whorls. Sometimes the shell is flamed with very light-brown between the spots axially.[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia.

References
  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Mitromorpha axiscalpta Verco, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598998 on 2018-03-10
  2. 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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