Mitrella bruggeni
| Mitrella bruggeni | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Mitrella |
| Species: | M. bruggeni |
| Binomial name | |
| Mitrella bruggeni van Aartsen, Menkhorst & Gittenberger, 1984[1] | |
Mitrella bruggeni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[2]
The specific name bruggeni is in honor of Dutch malacologist Adolph Cornelis van Bruggen.[3]
It was created as a new name for Mitrella broderipi auct. not Sowerby, 1844.[3]
References
- ↑ Aartsen J. J. van, Menkhorst H. P. G. M. & Gittenberger E. (1984). "The marine Mollusca of the Bay of Algeciras, Spain, with general notes on Mitrella, Marginellidae and Turridae". Basteria 2: 1-135.
- ↑ Mitrella bruggeni van Aartsen, Menkhorst & Gittenberger, 1984. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Breure A. S. H., Gittenberger E., Maassen W. J. M. & de Winter A. J. (July 2009) "In and out of Africa: Dr A.C. van Bruggen, keen educator and eminent biologist". Zoologische Mededelingen 83: . HTM