Mioawateria ektonos

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Mioawateria ektonos
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Shell of Mioawateria ektonos (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Mioawateria
Species:
M. ektonos
Binomial name
Mioawateria ektonos
Morassi & Bonfitto, 2010 [1]

Mioawateria ektonos is a species of sea snail in the family Raphitomidae. [2] [1]

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Description

The holotype, the largest specimen in the type series, measures 11.8 mm × 4.6 mm (0.46 in × 0.18 in) (height times width); its aperture height is 5.6 mm (0.22 in). It has an usual, prickly teleoconch sculpture. [1]

Distribution

The type series of this marine species was collected in the Solomon Islands at depths of 283–305 m (928–1,001 ft). [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Morassi, M.; Bonfitto, A. (5 July 2010). "New raphitomine gastropods (Gastropoda: Conidae: Raphitominae) from the South-West Pacific". Zootaxa. 2526 (1): 54–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2526.1.3.
  2. ↑ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2025). "Mioawateria ektonos Morassi & Bonfitto, 2010". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 1 September 2025.


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