Mitrella conspersa

Mitrella conspersa
Mitrella conspersa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Mitrella
Species: M. conspersa
Binomial name
Mitrella conspersa
(Gaskoin, 1851)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella alabastroides Kobelt, 1893
  • Columbella alabastrum Martens, 1880
  • Columbella alabastrum Reeve, 1859
  • Columbella conspersa Gaskoin, 1851
  • Columbella conspersa nodosa (f) Schepman, M.M., 1911
  • Columbella contaminata Gaskoin, 1851
  • Columbella niveomarginata Smith, 1879
  • Columbella sigaloessa Melvill & Standen, 1896
  • Mitrella conspersa var. circulata Hervier, 1899
  • Mitrella conspersa var. diluta Hervier, 1899
  • Mitrella conspersa var. intemerata Hervier, 1899
  • Mitrella conspersa var. nodosa Schepman, 1911
  • Mitrella conspersa var. suspecta Hervier, 1899
  • Mitrella (Mitrella) alabastroides Kobelt, W., 1895
  • Mitrella sigaloessa Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 189

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

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Description

The shell size varies between 8 mm and 14 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Mauritius and along the Loyalty Islands, Indonesia and the Philippines.

References

  1. ^ a b Mitrella conspersa (Gaskoin, 1851) .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511492  on 3 November 2010.
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp

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