Mitromorpha kilburni

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

Mitromorpha kilburni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. kilburni
Binomial name
Mitromorpha kilburni
Drivas & Jay, 1986
Synonyms[1]

Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) kilburni Drivas & Jay, 1986

Description

The length of the shell attains 4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion.

References

  • Drivas, J. & Jay, M., 1986. Shells of Reunion. 8- Family Turridae Swainson, 1840. La Conchiglia 18(208–209): 8–10
  • Specimen at MNHN, Paris
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Mitromorpha kilburni
  • "Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) kilburni". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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