Mitromorpha alba

Mitromorpha alba
	Shell of Mitromorpha alba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mitromorphidae
Genus:	Mitromorpha
Species:	M. alba
Binomial name
	Mitromorpha alba; (Petterd, 1879)
Synonyms
	Columbella albaPetterd, 1879; Mitrithara albaPetterd, 1879; Mitromorpha flindersiPritchard, G.B. & J.H. Gatliff, 1899;

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

Description

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

This marine species occurs off Tasmania, Australia, and off Taiwan

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References

1 2 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 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

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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Mitromorpha alba (Petterd, 1879) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 December 2011.

[2] W Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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Mitromorpha alba

Shell of Mitromorpha alba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mitromorphidae
Genus:	Mitromorpha
Species:	M. alba
Binomial name
*Mitromorpha alba* (Petterd, 1879)
Synonyms ^[1]
Columbella albaPetterd, 1879 Mitrithara albaPetterd, 1879 Mitromorpha flindersiPritchard, G.B. & J.H. Gatliff, 1899