Mitromorpha wilhelminae
Appearance
Mitromorpha wilhelminae | |
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Shells of Mitromorpha wilhelminae | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Mitromorphidae |
Genus: | Mitromorpha |
Species: | M. wilhelminae
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Binomial name | |
Mitromorpha wilhelminae (van Aartsen, Menkhorst & Gittenberger, 1984)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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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.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Strait of Gibraltar; off Southern Spain and Morocco
References
- ^ a b Mitromorpha wilhelminae (van Aartsen, Menkhorst & Gittenberger, 1984). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
- 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