Mitrella moleculina
| Mitrella moleculina | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Mitrella |
| Species: | M. moleculina |
| Binomial name | |
| Mitrella moleculina (Duclos, 1846) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mitrella moleculina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
Description
The shell size is 8.5 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra and Madagascar and in the seas along the Philippines, Korea and Japan.
References
- 1 2 Mitrella moleculina (Duclos, 1846à. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 November 2010.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III [
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