Mitromorpha dorcas

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

Mitromorpha dorcas
Apertural view of a shell of Mitromorpha dorcas (specimen in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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)

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
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Mitromorpha (Mitromorpha) dorcas". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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