Mitromorpha carpenteri
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mitromorphidae |
| Genus: | Mitromorpha |
| Species: | M. carpenteri
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| Mitromorpha carpenteri Glibert, 1954
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Mitromorpha carpenteri, common name the filose turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]Mitromorpha shells are of small size with a maximum length of ca.10 mm. Generally, their sculpture consists of spiral cords. The adult mitromorpha develops two columellar folds in which the posterior is often stronger.
Distribution
[edit | edit source]This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. Fossils have been found in Quaternary striata of Mexico and California, USA; age range : 2.588 to 0.012 Ma.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Mitromorpha carpenteri Glibert, 1954. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
- ^ Fossilworks: Mitromorpha filosa
- Mifsud C. (2001). The genus Mitromorpha Carpenter, 1865 (Neogastropoda, Turridae), and its sub-genera with notes on the European species. Published by the Author, Rabat, Malta 32 pp
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