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Mitromorpha fillosa P. P. Carpenter, 1865

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Mitromorphidae »  genus Mitromorpha

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Description

Equally spirally lirate throughout, lip scarcely sinuous, with about a dozen minute internal denticles; purple-black, or chocolate color, without and within. Length, 5-6 mm. (Tryon, Manual of Conchology.)
Small, diamond-shaped, but rounded periphery, spirally threaded. (Carpenter.)
Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.

Distribution

Type locality, Santa Barbara, California. RANGE. Monterey to San Pedro, California.
Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Mitromorpha fillosa (Carpenter, 1865)]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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