Mioawateria malmii

Mioawateria malmii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Mioawateria
Species: M. malmii
Binomial name
Mioawateria malmii
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Gymnobela malmii (Dall, 1889)
  • Magnella malmii (Dall, 1889)
  • Mangilia malmii Dall, 1889 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma parvulum Locard, 1897
  • Pleurotoma pycnoides Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896
  • Pleurotomella malmii Dall, 1889
  • Taranis malmii (Dall, 1889)

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

Description

The shell attains a length of 6 mm.

Distribution

M. malmii can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from the coast of Louisiana to Cuba.;[2] in the Northern Atlantic Ocean (Azores, Bay of Biscay)

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Mioawateria malmii (Dall, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722478 on 2015-01-31
  2. Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 668.


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