Mitromorpha mariottinii

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

Mitromorpha mariottinii
Shell of Mitromorpha mariottinii (holotype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. mariottinii
Binomial name
Mitromorpha mariottinii
Amati, Smriglio & Oliverio, 2015
Synonyms[1]

Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) mariottinii Amati, Smriglio & Oliverio, 2015

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Mitromorpha mariottinii Amati, Smriglio & Oliverio, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?
  • 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
  • "Mitromorpha mariottinii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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