Mitromorpha volva

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

Mitromorpha volva
Original image of a shell of Mitromorpha volva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitromorphidae
Genus:	Mitromorpha
Species:	M. volva
Binomial name
Mitromorpha volva Sowerby III, 1892
Synonyms
Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) volva Sowerby, G.B. III, 1892

Description

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]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Port Elizabeth, East Cape, South Africa.