Mitrella albina

Mitrella albina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Mitrella albina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Columbellidae
Genus:
Mitrella
Species:
M. albina
Binomial name
Mitrella albina
(Kiener, 1840)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella adiostina Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella albina Kiener, 1841
  • Columbella albina Kiener, 1841 (basionym)
  • Columbella albina var. agonatodes Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella albina var. albaria Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella albina var. carneola Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella albina var. nubila Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella albina var. polychroa Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella albina var. straminea Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella albina var. zonifera Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella annulata Reeve, 1858
  • Columbella somnium Pilsbry, 1904
  • Columbella terpsichore var. dreyfusi Kobelt, 1893
  • Pyrene eustomus Jousseaume, 1876

Description

The shell size varies between 9 mm and 18 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, KwaZuluNatal, and in the Indo-West Pacific

References
  1. Mitrella albina (Kiener, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 November 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • "Mitrella (Mitrella) albina". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 4 November 2010.


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