Mitromorpha olivoidea

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

Mitromorpha olivoidea
Mitromorpha olivoidea (Cantraine, 1835)
Scientific classification
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[1]
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)

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

1. Mitromorpha olivoidea (Cantraine, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.

• 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)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
• "Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) olivoidea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.