Mitrella moleculina

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

Mitrella moleculina
Shell of Mitrella moleculina (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Columbellidae
Genus:
Mitrella
Species:
M. moleculina
Binomial name
Mitrella moleculina
(Duclos, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Anachis (Nitidella) moleculina (Duclos, 1840)
  • Anachis moleculina (Duclos, 1840)
  • Columbella inscripta Brazier, 1877
  • Columbella moleculina Duclos, 1835 (basionym)
  • Pyrene moleculina (Duclos, 1840)

Description

The shell size is 8.5 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra and Madagascar and in the seas off the Philippines, Korea and Japan.

References
  1. Mitrella moleculina (Duclos, 1846à. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 November 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • Kilburn R.N. & Marais J.P. (2010) Columbellidae. Pp. 60–104, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
  • "Mitrella moleculina". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  • Duclos P.L. (1840). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines a l'état vivant et fossile, publiée par monographie. Genre Colombelle. Didot, Paris. 13 pl
  • Brazier, J. (1877) Shells collected during the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1, 224–240


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