Mitromorpha mitriformis

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

Mitromorpha mitriformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. mitriformis
Binomial name
Mitromorpha mitriformis
(Shasky, 1961)
Synonyms[1]
  • Arielia mitriformis Shasky, 1961
  • Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) mitriformis (Shasky, 1961)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Galapagos Islands and in the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico

References

  • Shasky, Donald R. "New deep water mollusks from the Gulf of California." The Veliger 4.1 (1961): 18–21.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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