Mitromorpha olivoidea

Mitromorpha olivoidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mitromorphidae
Genus:	Mitromorpha
Species:	M. olivoidea
Binomial name
	Mitromorpha olivoidea; (Cantraine, 1835)
Synonyms[1]
	Mitra olivoidea Cantraine, 1835 (original description); † Mitra striarella Calcara, 1841 (uncertain synonym)*; Mitrolumna melitensis Mifsud, 1993; Mitrolumna oliviformis Locard, 1891 (unjustified emendation); Mitrolumna olivoidea (Cantraine, 1835); Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) olivoidea (Cantraine, 1835)· accepted, alternate representation; Mitromorpha melitensis (Mifsud, 1993);

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

Description

The length varies from 6 mm to 10 mm.

THis species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off France, Spain, Algeria and Capri; also off Morocco.

Cantraine, F. J. (1835). [Diagnoses ou descriptiones succinctes de quelques espèces nouvelles de mollusques]. Bulletin de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-lettres de Bruxelles. 2(11): 380-401
Calcara P. (1841). Memoria sopra alcune conchiglie fossili rinvenute nella contrada d'Altavilla. Palermo, Antonio Muratori 86 p., 1 pl.
Mifsud C. (1993). Due nuove specie di gasteropodi di Malta. La Conchiglia 266: 14-17, 28 page(s): 15-17
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213

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