Mitromorpha dormitor

Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mitromorpha dormitor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1] The length of the shell attains 7.3 mm. This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Curaçao and St Vincent.[2]

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Mitromorpha dormitor
Drawing of a shell of Mitromorpha dormitor
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. dormitor
Binomial name
Mitromorpha dormitor
(Sowerby I, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella dormitor Sowerby I, 1844
  • Columbella dortimor [sic] (misspelling)
  • Columbella purpurascens Adams, C.B., 1845
  • Lovellona dormitor (Sowerby I, 1844)
  • Minipyrene dortimor [sic]
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