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Mitromorphidae Mitromorphidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Mitromorphidae Casey, 1904. In: MolluscaBase (2018). Accessed through: World Register of Marin ...

.Marshall, B.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Mitrellatoma Powell, 1942 †. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432510 on 2018-02-09

Species

According to the

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(WoRMS), the following species with a valid name are included within the genus ''Mitrellatoma'' : * † '' Mitrellatoma angustata'' (Hutton, 1885) ;Synonymized species : * ''Mitrellatoma mitra'' Kilburn, 1986: synonym of ''

Otitoma cyclophora ''Otitoma cyclophora'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. Description The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 13 mm. The white shell is elongate, ...

'' (Deshayes, 1863)

References

* Powell, Arthur William Baden. "The New Zealand recent and fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae with general notes on Turrid nomenclature and systematics." (1942).

External links

Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
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