Mitromorpha brevispira

Mitromorpha brevispira
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mitromorphidae
Genus:Mitromorpha
Species: M. brevispira
Binomial name
Mitromorpha brevispira
Kilburn, 1986
Synonyms[1]

Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) brevispira Kilburn, 1986

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.9 mm, its diameter 1.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Transkei, South Africa.

References

  1. 1 2 Mitromorpha brevispira Kilburn, 1986.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  • Kilburn R.N. (1986). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27: 633-720
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Mitromorpha brevispira


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