Mitromorpha karpathensis

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

Mitromorpha karpathensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. karpathensis
Binomial name
Mitromorpha karpathensis
(Nordsieck, 1969)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitrolumna olivoidea var. unifasciata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 (uncertain synonym)
  • Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) karpathensis (Nordsieck, F., 1969)
  • Pusia karpathensis Nordsieck, 1969

Description

The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and off the Canary Islands.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Mitromorpha karpathensis (Nordsieck, 1969). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181072 on 2018-04-12
  • Nordsieck F. (1969). Die europäischen Meeresmuscheln. Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart XIII + 256 pp
  • Mifsud C. (2001). The genus Mitromorpha Carpenter, 1865 (Neogastropoda, Turridae), and its sub-genera with notes on the European species. Published by the Author, Rabat, Malta 32 pp
  • 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.
  • "Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) karpathoensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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