Mitromorpha regis

Mitromorpha regis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mitromorphidae
Genus:	Mitromorpha
Species:	M. regis
Binomial name
	Mitromorpha regis; (Powell, 1937)
Synonyms
	Itia regis (Powell, A.W.B., 1937); Mitrithara regis Powell, 1937; Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) regis (Powell, A.W.B., 1937);

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm and its diameter 3 mm.

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands and off Northland.

^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase (2018). Mitromorpha regis (Powell, 1937). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598999 on 2018-03-12

Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch