Mioawateria vivens

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Mioawateria vivens
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Shell of Mioawateria vivens (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Mioawateria
Species:
M. vivens
Binomial name
Mioawateria vivens
Morassi & Bonfitto, 2013

Mioawateria vivens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 12 mm. [1] Compared to the rest of the genus, M. vivens has smaller dimensions (up to 6.4 mm vs. 8.2–9.9 mm in length), strongly shouldered whorls well above mid-whorl and absence of somewhat “crisp” axials on the sutural ramp. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Aden.

Etymology

Vivens is Latin for "living", alluding to the fact that the new species is morphologically so close to the Miocene-Pliocene Mioawateria personata Powell, 1942 that observers speculate that it actually represents a living offshoot of the New Zealand species. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Mioawateria vivens Morassi & Bonfitto, 2013. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722468 on 2019-07-28
  2. 1 2 Morassi, Mauro; Bonfitto, Antonio (8 March 2013). "Three new bathyal raphitomine gastropods (Mollusca: Conoidea) from the Indo-Pacific region". Zootaxa. 3620 (4): 579–588. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3620.4.7. ISSN   1175-5334.