Mitromica foveata (G. B. Sowerby II 1874)

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

Description

The shell is small, subcylindrica] and cancellated. The obtuse spire is equal to aperture in length. The aperture shows a sinus near the suture and is contracted in the middle and a little acuminated anteriorly. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

References

• Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100 page(s): 33
• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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.
• Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218