Mioawateria asarotum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Mioawateria asarotum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Mioawateria
Species:
M. asarotum
Binomial name
Mioawateria asarotum
Sysoev, 1997

Description

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The length of the shell attains 6.9 mm, its diameter 4.8 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species was found off Indonesia and in the Arafura Sea, at depths between 884 m-891 m

References

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  1. ^ a b Mioawateria asarotum Sysoev, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
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  • Sysoev, Alexander (1997). Crosnier, A.; Bouchet, P. (eds.). "Mollusca Gastropoda: New deep-water turrid gastropods (Conoidea) from eastern Indonesia" (PDF). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM. 16 (172). Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat: 325–355. ISBN 2-85653-506-2. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  • MNHN, Paris: holotype
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.