Mitromorpha carpenteri

Mitromorpha carpenteri, common name the filose turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]

Mitromorpha carpenteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. carpenteri
Binomial name
Mitromorpha carpenteri
Glibert, 1954
Synonyms[1]
  • 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)

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm.

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]

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References
  1. Mitromorpha carpenteri Glibert, 1954. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  2. 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
  • 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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