Mitrella nympha

Mitrella nympha
Mitrella nympha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Mitrella
Species: M. nympha
Binomial name
Mitrella nympha
(Kiener, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella alabastroides var. illibata Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella articulata Souverbie, 1864
  • Columbella articulata var. flavidula Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella articulata var. pallidior Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella articulata var. retiaria Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella articulata var. subnympha Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella carolinae Smith, 1876
  • Columbella carolinae var. bifloccata Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella carolinae var. nivosula Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella eximia Reeve, 1859
  • Columbella eximia var. candescens Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella eximia var. incerta Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella eximia var. tremulina Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella fusiformis Pease, 1868
  • Columbella galaxias Reeve, 1859
  • Columbella galaxias var. exolescens Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella nivosula Hervier, R.P.J., 1899
  • Columbella nubeculata Reeve, 1859
  • Columbella nubeculata var. obnubila Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella nympha Kiener, 1841 (basionym)
  • Columbella pusilla Pease, 1862
  • Columbella venulata G.B. Sowerby, 1894
  • Columbella venulata var. interpuncta Hervier, 1899

Mitrella nympha 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 9 mm and 13 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and along the Philippines

References

  1. ^ a b Mitrella nympha .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511539  on 4 November 2010.
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.

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