Mitromica
genus of molluscs
Mitromica is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Costellariidae.
Species
Species within the genus Mitromica include:
Mitromica africana (Rolàn & Fernandes, 1996)
Mitromica calliaqua Rosenberg & Salisbury, 2003
Mitromica carildae Espinosa & Ortea, 2018
Mitromica christamariae Salisbury & Schniebs, 2009
Mitromica cosmani Rosenberg & Salisbury, 2003
Mitromica dajjami Espinosa & Ortea, 2018
Mitromica decaryi (Dautzenberg, 1932)
Mitromica dicksoni Rosenberg & Salisbury, 2003
Mitromica esperanza Leal & Moore, 1993
Mitromica foveata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1874)
Mitromica gallegoi Rolán, Fernández-Garcés & Lee, 2010
Mitromica gratiosa (Reeve, 1845)
Mitromica jeancateae (Sphon, 1969)
Mitromica nataliae Espinosa & Ortea, 2018
Mitromica omanensis Herrmann & Gori, 2012
Mitromica oryza Rosenberg & Salisbury, 2003
Mitromica solitaria (C. B. Adams, 1852)
Mitromica surcabera Espinosa & Ortea, 2018
Mitromica torobella Espinosa & Ortea, 2018
Mitromica veguera Espinosa & Ortea, 2018
Mitromica williamsae Rosenberg & Salisbury, 2003
Classification
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Turbinelloidea (Superfamily) > Costellariidae (Family) > Mitromica (Genus)
References
Turner H. (2001) Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald 1860 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricoidea). Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 100 pp
External links
Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
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