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Mioawateria vivens

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Mioawateria vivens
Shell of Mioawateria vivens (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Mioawateria
Species:
M. vivens
Binomial name
Mioawateria vivens
Morassi & Bonfitto, 2013

Mioawateria vivens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 12 mm.[1] Compared to the rest of the genus, M. vivens has smaller dimensions (up to 6.4 mm vs. 8.2–9.9 mm in length), strongly shouldered whorls well above mid-whorl and absence of somewhat “crisp” axials on the sutural ramp.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Aden.

Etymology

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Vivens is Latin for "living", alluding to the fact that the new species is morphologically so close to the Miocene-Pliocene Mioawateria personata Powell, 1942 that observers speculate that it actually represents a living offshoot of the New Zealand species.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Mioawateria vivens Morassi & Bonfitto, 2013. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722468 on 2019-07-28
  2. ^ a b Morassi, Mauro; Bonfitto, Antonio (8 March 2013). "Three new bathyal raphitomine gastropods (Mollusca: Conoidea) from the Indo-Pacific region". Zootaxa. 3620 (4): 579–588. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3620.4.7. ISSN 1175-5334.