Mitromorpha senegalensis

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

Mitromorpha senegalensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. senegalensis
Binomial name
Mitromorpha senegalensis
(Rolan & Boyer, 2001)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitrolumna senegalensis Rolan & Boyer, 2001
  • Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) senegalensis (Rolan & Boyer, 2001)

Description

The shell can attain an length of 8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal.

References
  1. Mitromorpha senegalensis (Rolan & Boyer, 2001). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  • Rolàn, E. & Boyer, F., 2001. The genus Mitrolumna (Gastropoda, Turridae) in west Africa. Iberus 19(1): 115–128
  • Specimen at MNHN, Paris
  • "Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) senegalensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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