Biology:Mitrella floccata

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Mitrella floccata
Scientific classification
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Subfamily:
Atiliinae
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Species:
M. floccata
Binomial name
Mitrella floccata
(Reeve, 1859)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella floccata Reeve, 1859 (basionym)
  • Pyrene floccata (Reeve, 1859)

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

Subspecies
  • Mitrella floccata floccata (Reeve, 1859)
  • Mitrella floccata hanleyi (Deshayes, 1863)

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 16 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa .

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Mitrella floccata (Reeve, 1859). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 January 2011.
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • Kilburn R.N. (1970). Taxonomic notes on South African marine mollusca, I. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums 8(4):39–48
  • 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

Wikidata ☰ Q6882473 entry