Mitrella floccata

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]
  • Columbella floccata Reeve, 1859 (basionym)
  • Pyrene floccata (Reeve, 1859)

Mitrella floccata 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 10 mm and 16 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa.

References

  1. ^ a b Mitrella floccata (Reeve, 1859) .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511504  on 29 January 2011.
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56

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