Mitromica africana

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Mitromica africana
Mitromica africana (MNHN-IM-2012-37656).jpeg
Shell of Mitromica africana (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
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M. africana
Binomial name
Mitromica africana
(Rolàn & Fernandes, 1996)
Synonyms[1]

Thala africana Rolàn & Fernandes, 1996

Mitromica africana is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Angola.

References

  • Rolán E. & Fernandes F., 1996. Thala africana sp. nov. (Gastropoda, Costellariidae) new species for the West African coasts. Argonauta 9(7–9): 19–22.
  • Rosenberg, G. & Salisbury, R. 2003. On Mitromica and Thala (Gastropoda: Costellariidae) with descriptions of new species from the Western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific. Notulae Naturae 478: 1–30Error: "Q10824652" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.