Mitromorpha gracilior

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

Mitromorpha gracilior
Drawing of a shell of Mitromorpha gracilior
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. gracilior
Binomial name
Mitromorpha gracilior
(Tryon, 1884)
Synonyms[1]
  • Daphnella gracilior Tryon, 1884
  • Mitromorpha aspera var. gracilior Hemphill

Description

The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 5 mm.

The decussation not so deep as in Mitromorpha aspera, so that the surface is smoother, the tuberculation smaller. Sometimes the clathration of the body whorl is only seen on the upper portion, the longitudinal costulae becoming obsolete below. [2]

Distribution

References

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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