''Mitromorpha cubana'' 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 cubana (Espinosa & Ortea, 2013). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745057 on 2018-04-02]
Description
Distribution
This species occurs in the
Caribbean Sea.
References
* Espinosa J. & Ortea J. (2013) Nuevas especies de moluscos prosobranquios marinos de áreas caribeñas protegidas. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias, 25: 105-110
cubana
Gastropods described in 2013
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