Mitromorpha granulifera

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Mitromorpha granulifera
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: 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)

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

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

External links[]

  • 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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