Mitrella albina

Mitrella albina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Mitrella
Species:	M. albina
Binomial name
*Mitrella albina* (Kiener, 1840)
Synonyms^[1]
Columbella adiostina Duclos, 1835 Columbella albina Kiener, 1841 Columbella albina Kiener, 1841 (basionym) Columbella albina var. agonatodes Hervier, 1899 Columbella albina var. albaria Hervier, 1899 Columbella albina var. carneola Hervier, 1899 Columbella albina var. nubila Hervier, 1899 Columbella albina var. polychroa Hervier, 1899 Columbella albina var. straminea Hervier, 1899 Columbella albina var. zonifera Hervier, 1899 Columbella annulata Reeve, 1858 Columbella somnium Pilsbry, 1904 Columbella terpsichore var. dreyfusi Kobelt, 1893 Pyrene eustomus Jousseaume, 1876

Mitrella albina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 9 mm and 18 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, KwaZuluNatal, and in the Indo-West Pacific

References

1 2 Mitrella albina (Kiener, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 November 2010.

Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III

External links

Gastropods.com : Mitrella (Mitrella) albina; accessed : 4 November 2010

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