Mitromorpha benthicola
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| authority = (Dell, 1962)
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- Itia benthicola Dell, 1962 (original combination)
- Mitrithara benthicola (Dell, 1962)
- Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) benthicola Dell, R.K., 1962
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Mitromorpha benthicola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.MolluscaBase (2018). Mitromorpha benthicola (Dell, 1962). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598997 on 15 February 2018
Description
The length of the shell attains {{convert|6|mm|abbr=on}}, its diameter {{convert|2|mm|abbr=on}}.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Ninety Mile Beach, North Island, New Zealand
References
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- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
External links
- [http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone]
- {{cite journal | last1 = Tucker | first1 = J.K. | year = 2004 | title = Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) | url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 682 | pages = 1–1295 | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1 }}
- [https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/152252 Museum of New Zealand : Mitromorpha benthicola]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1962
Category:Gastropods of New Zealand
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