| Mitromorpha regis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mitromorphidae |
| Genus: | Mitromorpha |
| Species: | M. regis |
| Binomial name | |
| Mitromorpha regis (Powell, 1937) | |
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Mitromorpha regis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm and its diameter 3 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands and off Northland.
References
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Mitromorpha regis (Powell, 1937). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598999 on 2018-03-12
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
Further reading
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Mitromorpha regis | |
| Mitrithara regis | |
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