Mitromorpha Explained

Miltromorpha is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitromorphidae, in the superfamily Conoidea the cone snails and their allies.[1] This genus was originally described by Carpenter off the west coast of the United States. The species occur mainly on the continental shelf and in insular environments. Their real diversity is poorly understood.[2]

Mitromorpha was previously categorized under the family Conidae, subfamily Clathurellinae..

The genus Mitrolumna is currently treated as a synonym or subgenus of Mitromorpha, but is available for the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean species, if these are considered to form a distinct radiation.[3] [4] The same genus is also used for a number of extinct species:

Description

The small shells have an elongate fusiform shape. They are generally strongly spirally sculptured. The flattened shells are crossed by longitudinal plicae and revolving lirae. The aperture is long and narrowly oval. The anal sinus is in most cases obsolete. The outer lip is acute, smooth within, occasionally scarcely sinuated posteriorly. The columella is straight, bearing a number of short plicae or teeth upon it in the middle and slightly transversely lirate.[13]

Species

Species within the genus Mitromorpha include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Mitromorpha Carpenter, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146463 on 2018-02-10
  2. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/231758018_A_new_deep-sea_species_of_Mitromorpha_Gastropoda_Conoidea_Conidae_off_Brazil Silvio Felipe Barbosa Lima, Jose Carlos Nascimento Barros and Jonata de A. Francisco, A new deep-sea species of Mitromorpha(Gastropoda: Conoidea: Conidae) off Brazil; Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 90(03):599 - 603 · May 2010
  3. Rolán, E. & Boyer, F. (2001) The genus Mitrolumna (Gastropoda, Turridae) in West Africa. Iberus, 19 (1), 115–128
  4. Peñas, A., Rolán, E., Luque Á.A., Templado, J., Moreno, D., Rubio, F., Salas, C., Sierra, A. & Gofas, S. (2006) Moluscosmarinos de la isla de Alborán. Iberus, 24 (1), 23– 151
  5. Lozouet (P.), 2015 - Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 5. Cossmanniana, t. 17, p. 15-84
  6. https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/im/item/2000-3001?listIndex=292&listCount=293 MNHN, Paris: Mitrolumna hortiensis (holotype)
  7. Lozouet, P., 1999. - Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Partie 2. Cossmanniana 6(1-2): 1-68
  8. https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/f/item/a53589?listIndex=120&listCount=314 MNHN, Paris: [Mitrolumna oligomiocenica]
  9. https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/f/item/a53587?listIndex=144&listCount=314 MNHN, Paris: Mitrolumna peyroti
  10. https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/f/item/a58135?listIndex=160&listCount=314 MNHN, Paris: Mitrolumna raulini
  11. https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/im/item/2000-3278?listIndex=279&listCount=293 Specimen at MNHN, Paris
  12. MolluscaBase (2018). Mitrolumna ventriosa Lozouet, 2015 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=878357 on 2018-04-19
  13. https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

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