Mitromorpha granum

Mitromorpha granum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mitromorphidae
Genus:	Mitromorpha
Species:	M. granum
Binomial name
Mitromorpha granum (Marwick, 1928)
Synonyms [1]
† Mitrithara granumJ .Marwick, 1928 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm (0.31 in), its diameter 4 mm (0.16 in).

Distribution

This extinct species is endemic to New Zealand and was found off the Whenuaturu Peninsula.

References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Mitromorpha granum (Marwick, 1928) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831647 on 2018-04-18

• Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp. 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

External links

• Marwick, J. "The Tertiary Mollusca of the Chatham Islands including a generic revision of the New Zealand Pectinidae." Transactions of the New Zealand institute. Vol. 58. No. 4. 1928.