Miraclathurella herminea

Miraclathurella herminea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids.[1]

Miraclathurella herminea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Miraclathurella
Species:
M. herminea
Binomial name
Miraclathurella herminea
(Bartsch, 1934)
Synonyms[1]

Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) herminea Bartsch, 1934

Description edit

The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 21 mm.

Distribution edit

This species occurs off West Florida, USA to Eastern Brazil

References edit

External links edit

  • Rosenberg G., Moretzsohn F. & García E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Gastropods.com: Miraclathurella herminea