Mitromorpha

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Mitromorphidae Rank Genus		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Conoidea Subfamily Clathurellinae
Similar Mangelia, Bathytoma, Gymnobela, Raphitoma, Turridrupa

Mitromorpha is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitromorphidae, in the superfamily Conoidea the cone snails and their allies.

The genus Mitrolumna Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 is currently treated as a synonym or subgenus of Mitromorpha, but is available for the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean species, if these are considered to form a distinct radiation

Species brought into synonymy

Mitromorpha atramentosa Reeve: synonym of Lovellona atramentosa (Reeve, 1849)

Mitromorpha brazieri Smith E. A., 1892: synonym of Scrinium brazieri (Smith E. A., 1892)

Mitromorpha costifera (May, 1920): synonym of Apaturris costifera May, 1920

Mitromorpha expeditionis Oliver, 1915: synonym of Apaturris expeditionis (Oliver, 1915)

Mitromorpha filosa (Carpenter, 1864): synonym of Mitromorpha carpenteri Glibert, 1954

Mitromorpha granulosa (Bucquoy, Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1883): synonym of Mitromorpha mediterranea Mifsud, 2001

Mitromorpha lirata Adams A., 1865: synonym of Antimitra lirata (Adams A., 1865)

Mitromorpha metula (Hinds, 1843): synonym of Anarithma metula (Hinds, 1843)

Mitromorpha pallidulus Hedley, 1906: synonym of Aesopus pallidulus (Hedley, 1906)

Mitromorpha peaseana (Finlay, 1927): synonym of Lovellona peaseana Finlay, 1927

Mitromorpha solida May, 1911: synonym of Aesopus solidus (May, 1911)

Mitromorpha stepheni (Melvill & Standen, 1897): synonym of Anarithma stepheni (Melvill & Standen, 1897)

Mitromorpha suteri Murdoch, 1905: synonym of Maorimorpha suteri (Murdoch, 1905)

Mitromorpha veneris Barnard, 1964: synonym of Charitodoron veneris (Barnard, 1964)

References

Mitromorpha Wikipedia

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