Mitromorpha olivoidea

Mitromorpha olivoidea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.^[1]

Mitromorpha olivoidea
Mitromorpha olivoidea (Cantraine, 1835)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mitromorphidae
Genus:	Mitromorpha
Species:	M. olivoidea
Binomial name
Mitromorpha olivoidea (Cantraine, 1835)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra olivoidea Cantraine, 1835 (original description) † Mitra striarella Calcara, 1841 (uncertain synonym)* Mitrolumna melitensis Mifsud, 1993 Mitrolumna oliviformis Locard, 1891 (unjustified emendation) Mitrolumna olivoidea (Cantraine, 1835) Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) olivoidea (Cantraine, 1835)· accepted, alternate representation Mitromorpha melitensis (Mifsud, 1993)

Description

The length varies from 6 to 10 mm (0.24 to 0.39 in).

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off France, Spain, Algeria and Capri; also off Morocco.