Mitromorpha benthicola explained

Mitromorpha benthicola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 6mm, its diameter 2mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Ninety Mile Beach, North Island, New Zealand

References

• Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch

External links

• Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
• Tucker . J.K. . 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295 . 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1 .
• Museum of New Zealand : Mitromorpha benthicola

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Mitromorpha benthicola (Dell, 1962). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598997 on 15 February 2018