Anarithma dorcas

Anarithma dorcas is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.^[1]

Anarithma dorcas
Apertural view of a shell of Anarithma dorcas (specimen in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mitromorphidae
Genus:	Anarithma
Species:	A. dorcas
Binomial name
Anarithma dorcas Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971
Synonyms[1]
Mitrella celinae Kosuge, 1980 Mitromorpha dorcas (Kuroda, T. & K. Oyama in Kuroda, T., T. Habe & K. Oyama, 1971)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 28 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Japan.

Reproduction

Mitromorpha dorcas is a type of sea snail that does not release its eggs and sperm into the water like many other marine animals. It is a non-broadcast spawner. Its life cycle also doesn't include the trochophore stage, which is the free-swimming early stage common among the marine creatures.^[2]