Mitromica foveata is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

Mitromica foveata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Mitromica
Species:
M. foveata
Binomial name
Mitromica foveata
(Sowerby II, 1874)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra floridana Dall, 1884
  • Mitra foveata G.B. Sowerby II, 1874 (basionym)
  • Thala floridana (Dall, 1884) ·
  • Thala foveata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1874)

Description

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The shell is small, subcylindrica] and cancellated. The obtuse spire is equal to aperture in length. The aperture shows a sinus near the suture and is contracted in the middle and a little acuminated anteriorly. [2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

References

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  • Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100 page(s): 33
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218