Mitromorpha usta

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

Mitromorpha usta
Original image of a shell of Mitromorpha usta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. usta
Binomial name
Mitromorpha usta
(E. A. Smith, 1890)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitrolumna usta (E. A. Smith, 1890)
  • Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) usta E. A. Smith, 1890
  • Pleurotoma (Clathurella) usta E. A. Smith, 1890 (basionym)

Description

The length of the shell attains 2¾ mm, its diameter 1½ mm.

(Original description) The minute, ovate-fusiform shell contains 5 slightly convex whorls, including 1½ smooth whorls in the protoconch. Its color is blackish to reddish with below the suture a series of white granules. The 12–14 longitudinal ribs are slightly oblique. The sulci (in the upper whorls 4, in the body whorl about 15) cut through the ribs and produce a somewhat granular appearance. The lira beneath the first sulcus below the suture is that which is white upon the riblets in the black variety. The aperture is elongate and narrow. The columella is slightly oblique with a small callus. The outer lip is probably slightly incrassate and at the top slightly sinuate.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off St. Helena.

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References
  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Mitromorpha usta (E. A. Smith, 1890). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555870 on 2018-03-15
  2. Smith E.A. (1890). Report on the marine molluscan fauna of the island of St. Helena. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1890: 247–317, pl. 21–24
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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