Eumitra apheles

Eumitra apheles is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1][2][3]

Eumitra apheles
Shell of Eumitra apheles (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Mitroidea
Family: Mitridae
Subfamily: Mitrinae
Genus: Eumitra
Species:
E. apheles
Binomial name
Eumitra apheles
Lozouet, 1991

Description

The length of the shell attains 15.6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Eumitra apheles Lozouet, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=554847 on 2019-01-04
  2. Lozouet P. (1991) Mollusca Gastropoda : Eumitra récentes de la région néo-calédonienne et Charitodoron fossiles de l'Oligocéne supérieur d'Aquitaine (Mitridae). In: A Crosnier & P. Bouchet (eds), Résultats des Campagnes Musorstom 7. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ser. A, 150: 205-222.
  3. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)


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