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Mitromorpha carpenteri

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| taxon = Mitromorpha carpenteri

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| authority = Glibert, 1954

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| 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)

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Mitromorpha carpenteri, common name the filose turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.{{WRMS species|434427|Mitromorpha carpenteri Glibert, 1954||29 March 2010}}

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.

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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.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=107891 Fossilworks: Mitromorpha filosa]

References

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  • 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

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  • {{cite journal | last1 = Tucker | first1 = J.K. | year = 2004 | title = Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) | url = https://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf | format = PDF | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 682 | pages = 1–1295 }}
  • {{Gastropods.com|key=0|id=27230|title=Mitromorpha (Mitromorpha) carpenteri|access-date=16 January 2019}}

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Category:Gastropods described in 1954

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