Mitromorpha hierroensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]
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| Shells of Mitromorpha hierroensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mitromorphidae |
| Genus: | Mitromorpha |
| Species: | M. hierroensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Mitromorpha hierroensis Mifsud, 2001
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) hierroensis Mifsud, 2001 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 6 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Canary Islands and Madeira.
References
edit- ^ a b 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
External links
edit- 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.