Mitromorpha volva

Mitromorpha volva
	Original image of a shell of Mitromorpha volva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitromorphidae
Genus:	Mitromorpha
Species:	M. volva
Binomial name
	Mitromorpha volva; Sowerby III, 1892
Synonyms
	Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) volva Sowerby, G.B. III, 1892

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2¼ mm.

(Original description) The white shell has an elongate-fusiform shape. It contains 5½ slightly convex whorls. The slightly pronounced ribs are crossed by dense, spiral lirae. The ribs on the body whorl are only little elevated. The aperture is oblong. The columella is a little contorted.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Port Elizabeth, East Cape, South Africa.

References

Mitromorpha volva Sowerby III, 1892. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
G.B. Sowerby (1892), Marine shells of South Africa: a catalogue of all the known species This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.

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[WoRMS-1] Mitromorpha volva Sowerby III, 1892. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.

[2] G.B. Sowerby (1892), Marine shells of South Africa: a catalogue of all the known species This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.