Mitromorpha dorcas is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]
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| Apertural view of a shell of Mitromorpha dorcas (specimen in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mitromorphidae |
| Genus: | Mitromorpha |
| Species: | M. dorcas
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| Binomial name | |
| Mitromorpha dorcas (Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971)
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 28 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Philippines and Japan.
Reproduction
editMitromorpha 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.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Mitromorpha dorcas (Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
- ^ "Mitromorpha dorcas". www.sealifebase.org. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- 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 Q58677344.63-73&rft.date=1988&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42906385#id-name=JSTOR&rft.issn=0067-0464&rft.au=Cernohorsky, W. O.&rft_id=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62705988&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Mitromorpha dorcas" class="Z3988">
External links
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- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.1-1295&rft.date=2004&rft.aulast=Tucker&rft.aufirst=J.K.&rft_id=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Mitromorpha dorcas" class="Z3988">
- "Mitromorpha (Mitromorpha) dorcas". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.