Mitromorpha hierroensis

Mitromorpha hierroensis
Shells of Mitromorpha hierroensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. hierroensis
Binomial name
Mitromorpha hierroensis
Mifsud, 2001
Synonyms[1]

Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) hierroensis Mifsud, 2001

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 6 mm.

Their functional type is benthos.[1]

Their feeding type is predatory.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Canary Islands and Madeira.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Mitromorpha hierroensis Mifsud, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  • Mifsud, C., 2001 The genus Mitromorpha Carpenter, 1865 and its subgenera with European species, p. 32 pp
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) hierroensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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