Mitromorpha wilhelminae
Mitromorpha wilhelminae is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]
| Mitromorpha wilhelminae | |
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| Shells of Mitromorpha wilhelminae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitromorphidae |
| Genus: | Mitromorpha |
| Species: | M. wilhelminae |
| Binomial name | |
| Mitromorpha wilhelminae (van Aartsen, Menkhorst & Gittenberger, 1984) | |
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 9 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Strait of Gibraltar; off Southern Spain and Morocco
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References
- Mitromorpha wilhelminae (van Aartsen, Menkhorst & Gittenberger, 1984). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
- van Aartsen, J.J.; Menkhorst, H.P.M.G.; Gittenberger, E. (1984). The marine mollusca of the Bay of Algeciras, Spain, with general notes on Mitrella, Marginellidae and Turridae. Basteria. Supplement 2: 1–135.
External links
- Amati B., Smriglio C. & Oliverio M. (2015). Revision of the Recent Mediterranean species of Mitromorpha Carpenter, 1865 (Gastropoda, Conoidea, Mitromorphidae) with the description of seven new species. Zootaxa. 3931(2): 151–195
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- "Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) wilhelminae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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