Biology:Mitropsis

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Mitropsis
Mitropsis paumotensis (MNHN-IM-2017-1119).jpeg
Shell of Mitropsis paumotensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Mitropsis
Pease, 1868
Type species
Mitropsis fusiformis Pease, 1868
Synonyms

Columbella (Mitropsis) Pease, 1868

Mitropsis is a monotypic genus of sea snails in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Species

  • Mitropsis paumotensis (Tryon, 1883)
Synonym
  • Mitropsis fusiformis Pease, 1868: synonym of Mitropsis paumotensis (Tryon, 1883) (invalid: treated as a secondary homonym of Columbella fusiformis by Tryon, who established the replacement name Columbella paumotensis)

Distribution

This marine species was found off the Tuamotu archipelago.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mitropsis Pease, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740905 on 2021-08-09
  • Monsecour K. & Monsecour D. , 2018. - Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from French Polynesia. Gloria Maris 56(4): 118-151

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q61678416 entry