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

Mitromorpha olivoidea
Mitromorpha olivoidea (Cantraine, 1835)
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. olivoidea
Binomial name
Mitromorpha olivoidea
(Cantraine, 1835)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra olivoidea Cantraine, 1835 (original description)
  • Mitra striarella Calcara, 1841 (uncertain synonym)*
  • Mitrolumna melitensis Mifsud, 1993
  • Mitrolumna oliviformis Locard, 1891 (unjustified emendation)
  • Mitrolumna olivoidea (Cantraine, 1835)
  • Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) olivoidea (Cantraine, 1835)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Mitromorpha melitensis (Mifsud, 1993)

Description

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The length varies from 6 mm to 10 mm.

Distribution

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THis species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off France, Spain, Algeria and Capri; also off Morocco.

References

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  • 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.