Biology:Mitrella dichroa

Mitrella dichroa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Mitrella
Species:	M. dichroa
Binomial name
Mitrella dichroa (Sowerby, 1844)
Synonyms
Buccinum parvulum Dunker, 1847 Columbella argus d'Orbigny, 1845 Columbella dichroa Sowerby, 1844 (basionym) Columbella orphia Duclos, 1846 Columbella schrammi Petit de la Saussaye, 1853 Pyrene parvula (Dunker, 1847)

Mitrella dichroa is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

References

• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
• Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3142274 entry