Orphanopusia patriarchalis

Short description: Species of gastropod

Orphanopusia patriarchalis

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

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## 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

## 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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