Profundimitra planofilum

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Profundimitra planofilum
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Shell of Profundimitra planofilum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Profundimitra
Species:
P. planofilum
Binomial name
Profundimitra planofilum
(Huang, 2011) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cancilla planofilum Huang, 2011

Profundimitra planofilum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails. [2] [1]

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Description

Shell up to 32 mm in length, acuminate and slender. Color white, semitransparent at apex and porcelaneous near body. Spire sides are straight while whorl sides are slightly convex, and sutures are simple and prominent. Protoconch has 2.5 to 3 glassy and conoidal whorls. Teleoconch has 8 to 8.5 whorls.

Distribution

Indo-Pacific, South China Sea, north to Taiwan and to the waters off Pratas Island, 200 to 600 m deep. The holotype has been caught by a fishing boat off north Taiwan. Two paratypes come from fishing boats working around Pratas Island.

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References

  1. 1 2 Huang, S.-I. (2011). "Calcimitra, a new genus of deep-water Mitridae (Gastropoda: Mitridae) with the description of five new species from Taiwan and the Philippines". Visaya . 3 (4): 88–97.
  2. ↑ Profundimitra planofilum (Huang, 2011) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 December 2018.


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