Orphanopusia patriarchalis

Orphanopusia patriarchalis
Shell of Orphanopusia patriarchalis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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

• * Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100-page(s): 49

External links

• Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
• W.O.Cernohorsky, The Mitridae of Fiji - The Veliger v. 8 (1965-1966)

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