Anarithma dorcas

Anarithma dorcas
Apertural view of a shell of Anarithma dorcas (specimen in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mitromorphidae
Genus:	Anarithma
Species:	A. dorcas
Binomial name
Anarithma dorcas Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971
Synonyms [1]
Mitrella celinaeKosuge, 1980 Mitromorpha dorcas(Kuroda, T. & K. Oyama in Kuroda, T., T. Habe & K. Oyama, 1971)

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 28 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Japan.

Reproduction

Mitromorpha dorcas is a type of sea snail that does not release its eggs and sperm into the water like many other marine animals. It is a non-broadcast spawner. Its life cycle also doesn't include the trochophore stage, which is the free-swimming early stage common among the marine creatures. ^[2]

References

1. Anarithma dorcas (Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971) . 9 July 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. "Mitromorpha dorcas". www.sealifebase.org. Retrieved 3 January 2025.

• 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
• Boyer, F. (2022). "About the mitromorphid species group Anarithma lachryma (Reeve, 1845) (Conoidea Mitromorpha) at reef levels of Balicasag Island (Central Philippines)". Biodiversity Journal. 13 (1): 92.
• Cernohorsky, W. O. (1988). "Taxonomic Notes on the Mitromorpha Group of the Family Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Borsoniinae)". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum . 25: 63–73. ISSN   0067-0464. JSTOR   42906385. Wikidata   Q58677344.

External links

• 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.