Mumiola spirata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]

Mumiola spirata
Drawing of a shell of Mumiola spirata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Mumiola
Species:
M. spirata
Binomial name
Mumiola spirata
(A. Adams, 1853)
Synonyms
  • Chrysallida (Mumiola) spirata (Adams, 1853)
  • Monoptygma spirata Adams, 1853 (basionym)

Description

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The white shell is covered under a yellowish or brownish epidermis. Its length measures 7 mm. It is longitudinally plicate and transversely grooved. The sutures are channeled. The teleoconch contains eight gradate whorls. The columella has an oblique fold.[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and Japan.

References

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  1. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Mumiola spirata (A. Adams, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588313 on 2011-11-29
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 315; 1889
  • Trew, A. (1992). Henry and Arthur Adams's new molluscan names. Cardiff : National Museum of Wales. 63 pp.
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp
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