Mitromorpha carpenteri

Mitromorpha carpenteri
Scientific classification
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
	Daphnella filosa Carpenter, 1864 (Secondary junior homonym of Columbella filosa Dujardin, 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]

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]

References

^ ^a ^b Mitromorpha carpenteri Glibert, 1954. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
^ Fossilworks: Mitromorpha filosa

Mifsud C. (2001). The genus Mitromorpha Carpenter, 1865 (Neogastropoda, Turridae), and its sub-genera with notes on the European species. Published by the Author, Rabat, Malta 32 pp

External links

Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
"Mitromorpha (Mitromorpha) carpenteri". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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[WoRMS-1] Mitromorpha carpenteri Glibert, 1954. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.

[2] Fossilworks: Mitromorpha filosa

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