Mitromorpha mitriformis

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

Mitromorpha mitriformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. mitriformis
Binomial name
Mitromorpha mitriformis
(Shasky, 1961)
Synonyms[1]
  • Arielia mitriformis Shasky, 1961
  • Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) mitriformis (Shasky, 1961)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Galapagos Islands and in the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico

References
  1. Mitromorpha mitriformis (Shasky, 1961). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  • Shasky, Donald R. "New deep water mollusks from the Gulf of California." The Veliger 4.1 (1961): 18–21.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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