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Mitromorpha dormitor

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

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Mitromorpha dormitor
Drawing of a shell of Mitromorpha dormitor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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)
Synonyms1
  • Columbella dormitor Sowerby I, 1844
  • Columbella dortimor [sic] (misspelling)
  • Columbella purpurascens Adams, C.B., 1845
  • Lovellona dormitor (Sowerby I, 1844)
  • Minipyrene dortimor [sic]

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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Further reading

Further reading

  • Sowerby Jr, G. B. "Descriptions of some new species of Columbella, in the collection of H. Cuming, Esp." Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1844.
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