Mitromorpha salisburyi

Species of gastropod

Mitromorpha salisburyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. salisburyi
Binomial name
Mitromorpha salisburyi
(Cernohorsky, 1978)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitrolumna salisburyi Cernohorsky, 1978 (original description)
  • Anarithma salisburyi (Cernohorsky, 1978)
  • Mitromorpha (Mitromorpha) salisburyi (Cernohorsky, 1978)

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

Description

The length of the ovate-biconic shell varies between 3 mm and 4 mm; its diameter is 2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hawaii and the Tuamotu Islands

References

  1. ^ a b Mitromorpha salisburyi (Cernohorsky, 1978). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  • Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
  • Cernohorsky W.O. (1978) New species of Mitridae, Costellariidae, and Turridae from the Hawaiian Islands with notes in Mitra sphoni in the Galapagos Islands. The Nautilus 92(3): 61–67
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • "Mitromorpha (Mitromorpha) salisburyi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
Taxon identifiers
Mitromorpha salisburyi
Mitrolumna salisburyi


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