Mitromorpha proles facts for kids
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| Original image of a shell of Mitromorpha proles | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mitromorphidae |
| Genus: | Mitromorpha |
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M. proles
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| Mitromorpha proles (Hedley, 1922)
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Mitromorpha proles is a type of sea snail. It is a marine gastropod mollusk that belongs to the family Mitromorphidae. These snails live in the ocean.
About the Shell
The shell of Mitromorpha proles is quite small. It can grow up to 6 millimeters (about a quarter of an inch) long. The widest part of the shell is about 2.7 millimeters across.
The shell is thin and has an oval, spindle-like shape. Its main color is a pale yellowish-brown, called buff. It often has light brown patches around its widest part.
This snail's shell has six whorls, which are the spiral turns of the shell. The first two tiny whorls are called the protoconch. The entire shell has a special pattern, or "sculpture." This pattern is made of flat, raised lines that spiral around the shell. These lines get smaller and closer together towards the front end of the shell.
On the largest, last spiral (called the body whorl), there are about twenty-five of these spiral lines. Eight of these lines also go up onto the second-to-last spiral. The shell also has delicate, curved ridges that fade away before reaching the top of each spiral. These ridges disappear on the body whorl. The second-to-last spiral has about twenty-five of these ridges.
The opening of the shell, called the aperture, is wide. The outer edge of the opening is thin and curves forward. Inside this edge, there are fifteen short, spiral ridges. The central pillar of the shell, called the columella, has two small folds. The siphonal canal, which is a short tube at the front of the shell, is short and wide.
Where It Lives
Mitromorpha proles is found only in Australia. This means it is endemic to the region. Specifically, it lives off the coast of New South Wales.
