Biology:Mitrella albina

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Mitrella albina
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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

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

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. 1.0 1.1 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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6882413 entry