Orphanopusia patriarchalis

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Orphanopusia patriarchalis
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Shell of Orphanopusia patriarchalis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Orphanopusia
Species:
O. patriarchalis
Binomial name
Orphanopusia patriarchalis
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mitra patriarchalis(Gmelin, 1791)
  • Pusia patriarchalis(Gmelin, 1791)
  • Vexillum (Pusia) patriarchale(Gmelin, 1791)
  • Vexillum patriarchale(Gmelin, 1791)
  • Vexillum patriarchalis(Gmelin, 1791)
  • Voluta patriarchalisGmelin, 1791 (original combination)

Orphanopusia patriarchalis, common name the patriarchal mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. [1] [2]

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Description

The shell size varies between 13 mm and 30 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs n the Indian Ocean along the Seychelles and in the Pacific Ocean along Japan ,Hawaii and off Papua New Guinea.

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Orphanopusia patriarchalis (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957167 on 2018-12-31
  2. ↑ Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626.
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