Mitromorpha insolens

Mitromorpha insolens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mitromorphidae
Genus:Mitromorpha
Species: M. insolens
Binomial name
Mitromorpha insolens
(Casey, 1904)
Synonyms[1]

Helenella insolens Casey, 1904

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.9 mm, its diameter 1.3 mm.

The very small shell has a pale and clear straw color throughout. The about fifteen ribs are separated by fully their own widths. They are much more nearly obliterated between the strong spirals than the latter are between the ribs. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off St. Helena.

References

  1. 1 2 Mitromorpha insolens (Casey, 1904).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  2. ↑ Casey T.L. (1904) Notes on the Pleurotomidae with description of some new genera and species. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, 14, 123–170
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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