Mitrella floccata

Mitrella floccata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Subfamily: Atiliinae
Genus: Mitrella
Species: M. floccata
Binomial name
Mitrella floccata
(Reeve, 1859)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella floccata Reeve, 1859 (basionym)
  • Pyrene floccata (Reeve, 1859)

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

Subspecies

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 16 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa.

References

  1. 1 2 Mitrella floccata (Reeve, 1859) .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 January 2011.

External links

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