| Mitromorpha dorcas | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Mitromorpha dorcas (specimen in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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) | |
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Mitromorpha dorcas is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 28 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Japan.
References
- 1 2 Mitromorpha dorcas (Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
- Kuroda, T.; Habe, T.; Oyama, K. (1971). The Sea Shells of Sagami Bay. Maruzen Co., Tokyo. xix, 1–741 (Japanese text), 1–489 (English text), 1–51 (Index), pls 1–121
- Kosuge S. (1980) Description of new species of the genus Mitrella (Pyrenidae, Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 1(3): 46, pl. 9
- Cernohorsky, W.O. (1988b) Taxonomic notes on the Mitromorpha group of the family Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Borsoniinae). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 25, 63–73
External links
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- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- "Mitromorpha (Mitromorpha) dorcas". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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