''Mitromorpha annobonensis'' is a species of

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

, a marine

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in the

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Mitromorphidae Mitromorphidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea Conoidea is a Taxonomic rank, superfamily of predatory sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusc, mo ...

.MolluscaBase (2018). Mitromorpha annobonensis Rolán & Gori, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596320 on 2018-03-11

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. It has an area of . Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post-independence name refers to its location both near the Equ ...

References

* Rolàn, E. & Gori, S., 2012. New species of neogastropods from the islands of the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa. Iberus 30(1): 53–66 annobonensis Gastropods described in 2012 {{mitromorpha-stub