Mitromorpha carpenteri

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Mitromorpha carpenteri
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.225844 - Mitromorpha carpenteri Glibert, 1954 - Mitromorphidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. carpenteri
Binomial name
Mitromorpha carpenteri
Glibert, 1954
Synonyms [1]
  • Daphnella filosaCarpenter, 1864 (Secondary junior homonym of Columbella filosaDujardin, 1837; Mitromorpha carpenteri is a replacement name)
  • Mitra (Mitromorpha) filosa(Carpenter, 1864)
  • Mitromorpha filosa(Carpenter, 1864)

Mitromorpha carpenteri, common name the filose turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae. [1]

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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.

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]

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