Mitromica africana
Mitromica africana is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
Mitromica africana | |
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Shell of Mitromica africana (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Costellariidae |
Genus: | Mitromica |
Species: | M. africana |
Binomial name | |
Mitromica africana (Rolàn & Fernandes, 1996) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Thala africana Rolàn & Fernandes, 1996 |
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Angola.
References
- Mitromica africana (Rolàn & Fernandes, 1996). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 March 2011.
- Rolán E. & Fernandes F., 1996. Thala africana sp. nov. (Gastropoda, Costellariidae) new species for the West African coasts. Argonauta 9(7–9): 19–22.
- Rosenberg, G. & Salisbury, R. 2003. On Mitromica and Thala (Gastropoda: Costellariidae) with descriptions of new species from the Western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific. Notulae Naturae 478: 1–30
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