Biology:Mitromorpha olivoidea

Short description: Species of gastropod

Mitromorpha olivoidea
Mitromorpha olivoidea (Cantraine, 1835)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mitromorphidae
Genus:	Mitromorpha
Species:	M. olivoidea
Binomial name
Mitromorpha olivoidea (Cantraine, 1835)
Synonyms
Mitra olivoidea Cantraine, 1835 (original description) † Mitra striarella Calcara, 1841 (uncertain synonym)* Mitrolumna melitensis Mifsud, 1993 Mitrolumna oliviformis Locard, 1891 (unjustified emendation) Mitrolumna olivoidea (Cantraine, 1835) Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) olivoidea (Cantraine, 1835)· accepted, alternate representation Mitromorpha melitensis (Mifsud, 1993)

Mitromorpha olivoidea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.

Description

The length varies from 6 mm to 10 mm.

Distribution

THis species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off France , Spain , Algeria and Capri; also off Morocco.

References

• Cantraine, F. J. (1835). [Diagnoses ou descriptiones succinctes de quelques espèces nouvelles de mollusques]. Bulletin de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-lettres de Bruxelles. 2(11): 380–401
• Calcara P. (1841). Memoria sopra alcune conchiglie fossili rinvenute nella contrada d'Altavilla. Palermo, Antonio Muratori 86 p., 1 pl.
• Mifsud C. (1993). Due nuove specie di gasteropodi di Malta. La Conchiglia 266: 14–17, 28 page(s): 15–17
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213

External links

• Locard A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 37: 1–38
• Amati B., Smriglio C. & Oliverio M. (2015). Revision of the Recent Mediterranean species of Mitromorpha Carpenter, 1865 (Gastropoda, Conoidea, Mitromorphidae) with the description of seven new species. Zootaxa. 3931(2): 151–195
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Zootaxa 682: 1–1295. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf. 
• "Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) olivoidea" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_10992.shtml. 

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