Biology:Mitrella moleculina
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| Mitrella moleculina (Duclos, 1846)
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Mitrella moleculina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
External links
- "Mitrella moleculina" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_10320.shtml.
- 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
Wikidata ☰ Q6882510 entry
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