Mitromorpha alba (Petterd 1879)

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

The variety Mitromorpha alba var. axiscalpta Verco, 1909is a synonym of Mitromorpha axiscalpta Verco, 1909 (original rank)

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.4 mm.

The small, solid shell is biconical to cylindro-fusiform. It contains four whorls. The protoconch is blunt. The colour is white. The whorls show close revolving cords, sometimes decussated with radial riblets. No varix. The outer lip is thin. The sinus is evanescent. The columella is incrassate, with an indistinct single or double plication. The siphonal canal is wide and short,. The aperture is lyrate within.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tasmania, Australia, and off Taiwan

References

• Petterd, Journal of Conchyology., ii., 1879, p. 104.
• Tate and May, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., xxvi., 1904, pp. 372, 455
• Pritchard and Gatliff, Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict., xii..1899, p. 104, pi. viii., fig. 6, and xviii., 1906, p. 51