Mitromorpha granulifera

Mitromorpha granulifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mitromorphidae
Genus:	Mitromorpha
Species:	M. granulifera
Binomial name
Mitromorpha granulifera (Powell, 1937)
Synonyms [1]
Mitrithara granuliferaPowell, 1937 Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) granulifera granulifera(Powell, A.W.B., 1937)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.85 mm and its diameter 1.8 mm.

Distribution

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

References

1. Mitromorpha granulifera (Powell, 1937) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 29 March 2010.

• 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

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone