Mitromorpha volva

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

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

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

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

  1. ↑ Mitromorpha volva Sowerby III, 1892.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  2. ↑ G.B. Sowerby (1892), Marine shells of South Africa: a catalogue of all the known species This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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