''Mitromorpha selene'' is a species of

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mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off

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References

* Espinosa J. & Ortea J. (2009) ''Nuevas especies cubanas del género Mitrolumna Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae).'' Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias 20(4): 9–14. page(s): 10

External links

Espinosa, José, et al. "Moluscos marinos. Reserva de la Biosfera de la Península de Guanahacabibes." Instituto de Oceanología, La Habana, Cuba (2012).
selene Gastropods described in 2009 {{Mitromorpha-stub