Mioawateria malmii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Mioawateria malmii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Mioawateria
Species:
M. malmii
Binomial name
Mioawateria malmii
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Gymnobela malmii (Dall, 1889)
  • Gymnobela pycnoides Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896
  • Magnella malmii (Dall, 1889)
  • Mangilia malmii Dall, 1889 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma parvulum Locard, 1897
  • Pleurotoma pycnoides Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896
  • Pleurotomella malmii Dall, 1889
  • Taranis malmii (Dall, 1889)
  • Taranis moerchii Auct. non Malm, 1861
  • Taranis tornata malmii Dall, 1889

Description

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The shell attains a length of 6 mm (0.24 in).[2]

Distribution

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M. malmii can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from the coast of Louisiana to Cuba,[3] also off Guadeloupe and in the Northern Atlantic Ocean (Azores, Bay of Biscay).

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