Austromitra decresca

Austromitra decresca is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1][2]

Austromitra decresca
Shell of Austromitra decresca (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Austromitra
Species:
A. decresca
Binomial name
Austromitra decresca
Simone & Cunha, 2012

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Southeast Brazil

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References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Austromitra decresca Simone & Cunha, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714624 on 2018-12-31
  2. Simone, L. R. L.; Cunha, C. M. (2012). Taxonomic study on the molluscs collected in Marion-Dufresne expedition (MD55) to. SE Brazil: Xenophoridae, Cypraeoidea, mitriforms and Terebridae (Caenogastropoda). Zoosystema


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