Mitromorpha carpenteri
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Mitromorpha carpenteri | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mitromorphidae |
Genus: | Mitromorpha |
Species: | M. carpenteri
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Binomial name | |
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
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.
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Distribution
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
- ^ 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
External links
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- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- "Mitromorpha (Mitromorpha) carpenteri". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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