| Mitromica esperanza | |
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| Shell of Mitromica esperanza (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Mitromica |
| Species: | M. esperanza |
| Binomial name | |
| Mitromica esperanza Leal & Moore, 1993 | |
| Synonyms | |
Thala esperanzaLeal & Moore, 1993 | |
Mitromica esperanza is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. [1]
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This marine species occurs off Puerto Rico.
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