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

Mitromorpha regis
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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[1]
  • Itia regis (Powell, A.W.B., 1937)
  • Mitrithara regis Powell, 1937
  • Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) regis (Powell, A.W.B., 1937)

Description

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

Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ 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

Further reading

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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.