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Mitromorpha wilhelminae

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Mitromorpha wilhelminae
Shells of Mitromorpha wilhelminae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. wilhelminae
Binomial name
Mitromorpha wilhelminae
(van Aartsen, Menkhorst & Gittenberger, 1984)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitrolumna wilhelminae Aartsen et al., 1984
  • Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) wilhelminae van Aartsen, Menkhorst & Gittenberger, 1984

Mitromorpha wilhelminae is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Strait of Gibraltar; off Southern Spain and Morocco

References

  • van Aartsen, J.J.; Menkhorst, H.P.M.G.; Gittenberger, E. (1984). The marine mollusca of the Bay of Algeciras, Spain, with general notes on Mitrella, Marginellidae and Turridae. Basteria. Supplement 2: 1-135.

External links

  • Amati B., Smriglio C. & Oliverio M. (2015). Revision of the Recent Mediterranean species of Mitromorpha Carpenter, 1865 (Gastropoda, Conoidea, Mitromorphidae) with the description of seven new species. Zootaxa. 3931(2): 151-195
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) wilhelminae