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

Mitromorpha chelonion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. chelonion
Binomial name
Mitromorpha chelonion
Kilburn, 1986
Synonyms[1]

Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) chelonion Kilburn, 1986

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 5.9 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off Transkei, South Africa.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Mitromorpha chelonion Kilburn, 1986. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  • Kilburn R.N. (1986). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27: 633–720

External links edit

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Mitromorpha chelonion