''Mitromorpha canopusensis'' is a species of
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 ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family 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 ...
.
[MolluscaBase (2018). Mitromorpha canopusensis Mifsud, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513834 on 2018-03-13]
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean.
References
* Mifsud, C. (2009) ''Two new species of Mitromorpha Carpenter 1865 from the western Atlantic (Conoidea: Mitromorphinae)''. Journal of Conchology, 40, 99–101
External links
Gastropods.com: ''Mitromorpha canopusensis''
canopusensis
Gastropods described in 2009
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