''Mitromorpha salisburyi'' is a species of

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; a marine

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in the

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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 ...

Description

The length of the ovate-biconic shell varies between 3 mm and 4 mm; its diameter is 2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off

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and the Tuamotu Islands

References

* Severns, M. (2011). ''Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells''. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
Cernohorsky W.O. (1978) ''New species of Mitridae, Costellariidae, and Turridae from the Hawaiian Islands with notes in Mitra sphoni in the Galapagos Islands''. The Nautilus 92(3): 61–67
* Liu J.Y. uiyu(ed.). (2008). ''Checklist of marine biota of China seas''. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

External links

* * salisburyi Gastropods described in 1978 {{mitromorpha-stub