Mitromorpha volva

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

Mitromorpha volva
Original image of a shell of Mitromorpha volva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. volva
Binomial name
Mitromorpha volva
Sowerby III, 1892
Synonyms

Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) volva Sowerby, G.B. III, 1892

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2¼ mm.

(Original description) The white shell has an elongate-fusiform shape. It contains 5½ slightly convex whorls. The slightly pronounced ribs are crossed by dense, spiral lirae. The ribs on the body whorl are only little elevated. The aperture is oblong. The columella is a little contorted.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Port Elizabeth, East Cape, South Africa.

References

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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