Mitromorpha Nodilirata
''Mitromorpha nodilirata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Mitromorphidae. Description The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm, its diameter 2.2 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off East Transkei, South Africa. References * Kilburn R.N. (1986). ''Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae.'' Annals of the Natal Museum. 27: 633–720 External links * Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: ''Mitromorpha nodilirata''
Endemic molluscs of South Africa Mitromorpha, nodilirata Gastropods described in 1986 {{mitromorpha-stub ...
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Sea Snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the absence of a visible shell. Definition Determining whether some gastropods should be called sea snails is not always easy. Some species that live in brackish water (such as certain neritids) can be listed as either freshwater snails or marine snails, and some species that live at or just above the high tide level (for example species in the genus '' Truncatella'') are sometimes considered to be sea snails and sometimes listed as land snails. Anatomy Sea snails are a very large group of animals and a very diverse one. Most snails that live in salt water respire using a gill or gills; a few species, though, have a lung, are intertidal, and are active only at low tide when they can move around in the air. These air-breathing species includ ...
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