Mitromorpha granulifera

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

Mitromorpha granulifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. granulifera
Binomial name
Mitromorpha granulifera
(Powell, 1937)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitrithara granulifera Powell, 1937
  • Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) granulifera granulifera (Powell, A.W.B., 1937)

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.85 mm and its diameter 1.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands.

References

  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone


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