Acromargarita cuyosae

Acromargarita cuyosae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Acromargarita cuyosae
Shell of Acromargarita cuyosae (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Acromargarita
Species:
A. cuyosae
Binomial name
Acromargarita cuyosae
(Poppe, 2008)
Synonyms
  • Mitra cuyosae Poppe, 2008
  • Pseudonebularia cuyosae (Poppe, 2008)

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Acromargarita cuyosae (Poppe, 2008). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1513598 on 2022-02-21
  • Poppe G.T. (2008) New Fissurellidae, Epitoniidae, Aclididae, Mitridae and Costellariidae from the Philippines. Visaya 2(3): 37-63.
  • Huang, S.-I. (2021). A new genus Acromargarita n. gen. and four new Mitridae from the Indo-Pacific Ocean (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Visaya. 5(5): 79-94


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