Mioawateria extensa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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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: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Mioawateria |
| Species: | M. extensa
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| Binomial name | |
| Mioawateria extensa (Dall, 1881)
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Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 12.5 mm.
The shell is in most features like Pleurotomella normalis (Dall, 1881), but more elongated, with nine whorls, the revolving threads (except the sutural ones) obsolete except near the anterior end of the body whorl. With a tendency of the thread next the suture to be stronger and more strongly knobbed than (as in the normal form) the outer one. There are twenty to twenty-five transverse threads, more numerous and in large specimens hardly noticeable except near the suture. The spire is nearly equal to the body whorl and the aperture is about one third of the shell. [2]
Distribution edit
M. extensa can be found in Caribbean waters, ranging from the coast of Louisiana to Cuba.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b Gymnobela extensa (Dall, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
- ^ Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College v 9-11 (1881-1885)
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 668.
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.
- Morassi M. & Bonfitto A. (2013) Three new bathyal raphitomine gastropods (Mollusca: Conoidea) from the Indo-Pacific region. Zootaxa 3620(4): 579–588
- Gastropods.com: Mioawateria extensa