Mitromorpha alba
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| Shell of Mitromorpha alba | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mitromorphidae |
| Genus: | Mitromorpha |
| Species: | M. alba
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| Binomial name | |
| Mitromorpha alba (Petterd, 1879)
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Mitromorpha alba is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]
The variety Mitromorpha alba var. axiscalpta Verco, 1909is a synonym of Mitromorpha axiscalpta Verco, 1909 (original rank)
Description
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]This marine species occurs off Tasmania, Australia, and off Taiwan
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Mitromorpha alba (Petterd, 1879). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 December 2011.
- ^ W Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56 Public Domain 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
External links
[edit | edit source]- 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 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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