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] | |
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Mitrella floccata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
- Subspecies
- Mitrella floccata floccata (Reeve, 1859)
- Mitrella floccata hanleyi (Deshayes, 1863)
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 2 Mitrella floccata (Reeve, 1859) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 January 2011.
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
- Kilburn R.N. (1970). Taxonomic notes on South African marine mollusca, I. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums 8(4):39-48
- Kilburn R.N. & Marais J.P. (2010) Columbellidae. Pp. 60-104, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
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