Orphanopusia patriarchalis
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Shell of Orphanopusia patriarchalis (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Orphanopusia |
| Species: | O. patriarchalis
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| Orphanopusia patriarchalis (Gmelin, 1791)
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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
- ↑ 1.0 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
- ↑ 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
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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