Biology:Orphanopusia patriarchalis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Orphanopusia patriarchalis
Orphanopusia patriarchalis (MNHN-IM-2013-10241).jpeg
Shell of Orphanopusia patriarchalis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Orphanopusia
Species:
O. patriarchalis
Binomial name
Orphanopusia patriarchalis
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra patriarchalis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Pusia patriarchalis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Vexillum (Pusia) patriarchale (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Vexillum patriarchale (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Vexillum patriarchalis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Voluta patriarchalis Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)

Orphanopusia patriarchalis, common name the patriarchal mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1][2]

Description

The shell size varies between 13 mm and 30 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs n the Indian Ocean along the Seychelles and in the Pacific Ocean along Japan ,Hawaii and off Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase (2018). Orphanopusia patriarchalis (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957167 on 2018-12-31
  2. Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626.
  • * Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100-page(s): 49

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