Mitrella dichroa

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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 I, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Buccinum parvulum Dunker, 1847
  • Columbella argus d'Orbigny, 1845
  • Columbella dichroa G.B. Sowerby I, 1844 (basionym)
  • Columbella orphia Duclos, 1846
  • Columbella schrammi Petit de la Saussaye, 1853

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

Description

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.

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