Mitromorpha karpathensis

Mitromorpha karpathensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mitromorphidae
Genus:	Mitromorpha
Species:	M. karpathensis
Binomial name
Mitromorpha karpathensis (Nordsieck, 1969)
Synonyms[1]
Mitrolumna olivoidea var. unifasciata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 (uncertain synonym) Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) karpathensis (Nordsieck, F., 1969) Pusia karpathensis Nordsieck, 1969

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and off the Canary Islands.

References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Mitromorpha karpathensis (Nordsieck, 1969). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181072 on 2018-04-12

• Nordsieck F. (1969). Die europäischen Meeresmuscheln. Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart XIII + 256 pp
• Mifsud C. (2001). The genus Mitromorpha Carpenter, 1865 (Neogastropoda, Turridae), and its sub-genera with notes on the European species. Published by the Author, Rabat, Malta 32 pp

External links

• 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) karpathoensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.