Mitromorpha volva | |
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Original image of a shell of Mitromorpha volva | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Mitromorphidae |
Genus: | Mitromorpha |
Species: | M. volva
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Binomial name | |
Mitromorpha volva Sowerby III, 1892
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Synonyms | |
Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) volva Sowerby, G.B. III, 1892 |
Mitromorpha volva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae. [1]
The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2¼ mm.
(Original description) The white shell has an elongate-fusiform shape. It contains 5½ slightly convex whorls. The slightly pronounced ribs are crossed by dense, spiral lirae. The ribs on the body whorl are only little elevated. The aperture is oblong. The columella is a little contorted. [2]
This marine species occurs off Port Elizabeth, East Cape, South Africa.