Mitromorpha benthicola

Mitromorpha benthicola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]

Mitromorpha benthicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. benthicola
Binomial name
Mitromorpha benthicola
(Dell, 1962)
Synonyms[1]
  • Itia benthicola Dell, 1962 (original combination)
  • Mitrithara benthicola (Dell, 1962)
  • Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) benthicola Dell, R.K., 1962

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Ninety Mile Beach, North Island, New Zealand

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Mitromorpha benthicola (Dell, 1962). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598997 on 2018-02-15
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
  • Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Museum of New Zealand : Mitromorpha benthicola


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