Mitrella (gastropod)

Mitrella
Mitrella albuginosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Mitrella
Risso, 1826[1]
Type species
Mitrella flaminea
Risso, A., 1826
Species

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Synonyms[2]
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  • Atilia (Iba) Hornung, 1920
  • Bastropia Palmer, 1937
  • Columbella (Angulatomitrella) Sacco, 1890
  • Columbella (Arcuatomitrella) Sacco, 1890
  • Columbella (Columbellopsis) Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
  • Columbella (Mitrella) Risso, 1826
  • Columbellopsis Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
  • Dentimitrella Ludbrook, 1958
  • Mitrella (Bastropia) Palmer, 1937
  • Mitrella (Columbellopsis) Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
  • Mitrella (Dentimitrella) Ludbrook, 1958
  • Mitrella (Longitrella) Olsson, 1942
  • Mitrella (Mitrella) Risso, 1826
  • Mitrella (Pseudopisania) Cossmann, 1897
  • Mitrella (Striomitrella) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931
  • Mitrella (Pseudopisania) Cossmann, 1897
  • Paratilia Thiele, 1924
  • Pyrene (Mitrella) Risso, 1826
  • Pyrene (Paratilia) Thiele, 1924

Mitrella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove shells or dove snails.[2]

Species

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The following species are recognised in the genus Mitrella:[2]

Former species

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  • Mitrella acuminata (Menke, 1843) synonymized with Mitrella menkeana (Reeve, 1858)
  • Mitrela agenta Harzhauser and Kowalke 2002 synonymized with Astyris agenta (Harzhauser & Kowalke, 2002)
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References

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  • Cox, L.R. (1927) Neogene and Quaternary Mollusca from the Zanzibar Protectorate. In Anonymous (Eds.) Report on the Palaeontology of the Zanzibar Protectorate. Government of Zanzibar, Crown Agents for the Colonies, London, pp. 13–102, 171–180, pls. 3–19
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). "Mollusca", in: Costello, M. J. et al. (ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213.
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