Mitromorpha dorcas

Mitromorpha dorcas
	Apertural view of a shell of Mitromorpha dorcas (specimen in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mitromorphidae
Genus:	Mitromorpha
Species:	M. dorcas
Binomial name
	Mitromorpha dorcas; (Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971)
Synonyms
	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);

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

Description[edit]

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

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Japan.

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
Cernohorsky, W. O. (1988). "Taxonomic Notes on the Mitromorpha Group of the Family Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Borsoniinae)". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 25: 63–73. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906385. Wikidata Q58677344.

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

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