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Mitromorpha undulata

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Mitromorpha undulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. undulata
Binomial name
Mitromorpha undulata
(Dall, 1927)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitrolumna undulata (Dall, 1927)
  • Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) undulata Amati, Smriglio & Oliverio, 2015

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 7.5 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

(Original description) The small, white shell has about five whorls, including one rather large smooth protoconch whorl. The suture is undulate and appressed. The spiral sculpture consists of (on the penultimate whorl four, on the body whorl about a dozen) prominent equal cords. These are slightly swollen where they cross the ribs, the posterior cord somewhat more widely separated from the rest. The axial sculpture consists of (on the penultimate whorl nine) rounded ribs with equal or wider interspaces, crossing the whorls but becoming obsolete toward the end of the body whorl. The aperture is narrow. The outer lip is sharp and lirate within. The columella shows two well-marked pustulations. The siphonal canal is short and slender, slightly recurved.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Georgia and Florida, USA.

References

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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.