Mitromorpha olivoidea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]
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| Mitromorpha olivoidea (Cantraine, 1835) | |
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. olivoidea
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| Binomial name | |
| Mitromorpha olivoidea (Cantraine, 1835)
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Description
editThe length varies from 6 mm to 10 mm.
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Distribution
editTHis species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off France, Spain, Algeria and Capri; also off Morocco.
References
edit- ^ a b Mitromorpha olivoidea (Cantraine, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
- Cantraine, F. J. (1835). [Diagnoses ou descriptiones succinctes de quelques espèces nouvelles de mollusques]. Bulletin de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-lettres de Bruxelles. 2(11): 380–401
- Calcara P. (1841). Memoria sopra alcune conchiglie fossili rinvenute nella contrada d'Altavilla. Palermo, Antonio Muratori 86 p., 1 pl.
- Mifsud C. (1993). Due nuove specie di gasteropodi di Malta. La Conchiglia 266: 14–17, 28 page(s): 15–17
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213
External links
edit- Locard A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 37: 1–38
- Amati B., Smriglio C. & Oliverio M. (2015). Revision of the Recent Mediterranean species of Mitromorpha Carpenter, 1865 (Gastropoda, Conoidea, Mitromorphidae) with the description of seven new species. Zootaxa. 3931(2): 151–195
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- "Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) olivoidea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.