Mitrella ligula

Mitrella ligula
Mitrella ligula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Mitrella
Species: M. ligula
Binomial name
Mitrella ligula
(Duclos, 1835)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella acicula Reeve, 1858
  • Columbella carnea Hervier, R.P.J., 1899
  • Columbella lactea Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella ligula Duclos, 1835 (basionym)
  • Columbella ligula var. carnea Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella ligula var. nivalis Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella nivalis Hervier, R.P.J., 1899
  • Columbella seychellensis Smith, 1884
  • Mitra insignis C.B. Adams, 1853
  • Pyrene ligula (Duclos, 1835)

Mitrella ligula 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 11 mm and 25 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra and Réunion and in the Indo-West Pacific and along New Zealand

References

  1. ^ a b Mitrella ligula (Duclos, 1835) .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511519  on 4 November 2010.
  • Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll

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