Mitromorpha macphersonae

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

Mitromorpha macphersonae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. macphersonae
Binomial name
Mitromorpha macphersonae
(Gabriel, 1956)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitrithara macphersonae Gabriel, 1956
  • Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) macphersonae (Gabriel, 1956)

Description

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in the Bass Strait, and off Tasmania and Victoria

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References

  • Gabriel, Charles J. "Mollusca from south east of King Island, Bass Strait." Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 22 (1956): 1–16.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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