Mitromorpha pinguis

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Mitromorpha pinguis
Mitromorpha pinguis 001.jpg
Shell of Mitromorpha pinguis (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. pinguis
Binomial name
Mitromorpha pinguis
(Hervier, 1899)
Synonyms[1]
  • Anarithma pinguis (Hervier, 1899)
  • Columbella pinguis Hervier, 1899 (original combination)

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

Description[]

The length of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

Distribution[]

This marine species occurs off Japan, New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Mitromorpha pinguis (Hervier, 1900). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.

External links[]

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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