Mitrella saotomensis

Mitrella saotomensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Mitrella
Species: M. saotomensis
Binomial name
Mitrella saotomensis
Rolan, 2005[1]

Mitrella saotomensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[2]

Distribution

The species are endemic to the island of São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe, hence the species names is named after where it is founded

References

  • Rolán E. 2005. Columbellidae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) of the gulf of Guinea with the description of eight new species. Iberus 23(2): 119-156.

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