Mitromorpha undulata
Mitromorpha undulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]
| Mitromorpha undulata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mitromorphidae |
| Genus: | Mitromorpha |
| Species: | M. undulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Mitromorpha undulata (Dall, 1927) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 7.5 mm, its diameter 4 mm.
(Original description) The small, white shell has about five whorls, including one rather large smooth protoconch whorl. The suture is undulate and appressed. The spiral sculpture consists of (on the penultimate whorl four, on the body whorl about a dozen) prominent equal cords. These are slightly swollen where they cross the ribs, the posterior cord somewhat more widely separated from the rest. The axial sculpture consists of (on the penultimate whorl nine) rounded ribs with equal or wider interspaces, crossing the whorls but becoming obsolete toward the end of the body whorl. The aperture is narrow. The outer lip is sharp and lirate within. The columella shows two well-marked pustulations. The siphonal canal is short and slender, slightly recurved.[2]
References
- MolluscaBase (2018). Mitromorpha undulata (Dall, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555873 on 2018-04-16
- Dall W. H. (1927). Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United states by the United States Fisheries Steamer "Albatross", in 1885 and 1886; Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 70(18): 1–134
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External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.