Mitromorpha hierroensis

Mitromorpha hierroensis
Shells of Mitromorpha hierroensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mitromorphidae
Genus:	Mitromorpha
Species:	M. hierroensis
Binomial name
Mitromorpha hierroensis Mifsud, 2001
Synonyms [1]
Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) hierroensisMifsud, 2001

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 6 mm.

Their functional type is benthos. ^[1]

Their feeding type is predatory. ^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Canary Islands and Madeira.

References

1. Mitromorpha hierroensis Mifsud, 2001 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 29 March 2010.

• Mifsud, C., 2001 The genus Mitromorpha Carpenter, 1865 and its subgenera with European species, p. 32 pp

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
• "Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) hierroensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.