Miraclathurella herminea

Miraclathurella herminea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Miraclathurella
Species:	M. herminea
Binomial name
Miraclathurella herminea (Bartsch, 1934)
Synonyms [1]
Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) hermineaBartsch, 1934

Miraclathurella herminea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 21 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off West Florida, United States to Eastern Brazil

References

1. Miraclathurella herminea (Bartsch, 1934) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 4 April 2010.

• Bartsch, Paul. "New mollusks of the family Turritidae (with eight plates)." (1934).

External links

• Rosenberg G., Moretzsohn F. & García E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• Gastropods.com: Miraclathurella herminea