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Mitromorpha dorcas

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| taxon = Mitromorpha dorcas

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| image_caption = Apertural view of a shell of Mitromorpha dorcas (specimen in MNHN, Paris)

| authority = (Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971)

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  • Anarithma dorcas Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971 (original description)
  • Mitrella celinae Kosuge, 1980
  • Mitromorpha (Mitromorpha) dorcas (Kuroda, T. & K. Oyama in Kuroda, T., T. Habe & K. Oyama, 1971)

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Mitromorpha dorcas is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.{{WRMS species|434428|Mitromorpha dorcas (Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971)||29 March 2010}}

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 28 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Japan.

Reproduction

Mitromorpha dorcas is a type of sea snail that does not release its eggs and sperm into the water like many other marine animals. It is a non-broadcast spawner. Its life cycle also doesn't include the trochophore stage, which is the free-swimming early stage common among the marine creatures.{{Cite web |title=Mitromorpha dorcas |url=https://www.sealifebase.org/summary/Mitromorpha-dorcas |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=www.sealifebase.org}}

References

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  • 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
  • {{cite Q|Q58677344}}

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| journal = Zootaxa | volume = 682 | pages = 1–1295 }}
  • {{Gastropods.com|key=5|id=9385|title=Mitromorpha (Mitromorpha) dorcas|access-date=16 January 2019}}

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dorcas

Category:Gastropods described in 1971

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