Mitrella margarita

Mitrella margarita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Mitrella
Species:	M. margarita
Binomial name
Mitrella margarita Reeve, 1859
Synonyms
Columbella varians

Mitrella margarita, common name rice shells, Hawaiian name laiki,^[1] is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. The shells of this species are used to make Leis in Hawaii.

References

1. ^ http://www.manandmollusc.net/Niihau/Mitrella-margarita.html

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