Mitromorpha axiscalpta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]
| Mitromorpha axiscalpta | |
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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. axiscalpta
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| Binomial name | |
| Mitromorpha axiscalpta (Verco, 1909)
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Description
edit(Original description) It has the shape of Mitromorpha alba (Petterd, 1879) but has crowded axial incisions granulating the spirals. It has also three spiral rows of small, square brown spots on the body whorl, one just below the suture, but not on the first spiral as in some of the typical M. alba; a second starting just above the aperture and winding round to just above the middle of the outer lip; a third beginning just above the two nodules on the outer lip and running over the back of the aperture. The upper two rows appear in the spire whorls. Sometimes the shell is flamed with very light-brown between the spots axially.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Mitromorpha axiscalpta Verco, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598998 on 2018-03-10
- ^ Verco, J.C. 1909. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 293–342
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External links
edit- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.