Mitromorpha brachyspira

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

Mitromorpha brachyspira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. brachyspira
Binomial name
Mitromorpha brachyspira
(Suter, 1917)
Synonyms[1]

Borsonia brachyspira Suter, 1917 (original combination)

Description

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Distribution

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This extinct species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Mitromorpha brachyspira (Suter, 1917) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831645 on 2018-04-18
  • Suter, Henry. Descriptions of New Tertiary Mollusca Occurring in New Zealand Part I. 1917.
  • Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp. 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.