Mitromorpha salisburyi

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

Mitromorpha salisburyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. salisburyi
Binomial name
Mitromorpha salisburyi
(Cernohorsky, 1978)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitrolumna salisburyi Cernohorsky, 1978 (original description)
  • Anarithma salisburyi (Cernohorsky, 1978)
  • Mitromorpha (Mitromorpha) salisburyi (Cernohorsky, 1978)

Description

The length of the ovate-biconic shell varies between 3 mm and 4 mm; its diameter is 2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hawaii and the Tuamotu Islands

References

  • "Mitromorpha (Mitromorpha) salisburyi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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