Mitromorpha dorcas

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

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

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Mitromorpha dorcas (Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 29 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "Mitromorpha dorcas". www.sealifebase.org. Retrieved 3 January 2025.


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