Mitrella gervillii

Mitrella gervillii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Mitrella
Species:	M. gervillii
Binomial name
*Mitrella gervillii* (Payraudeau, 1826)
Synonyms
Columbella achatina G.B. Sowerby I, 1844 Columbella acuta Kobelt, 1895 Columbella crossiana Récluz, 1851 Columbella decollata Brusina, 1865 Columbella gervillei [sic] (misspelling) Columbella gervillei var. angusta di Monterosato, 1878 Columbella gervillei var. obesula Monterosato, 1878 Columbella gervillei var. rubra Monterosato, 1878 Columbella gervillei var. unicolor Monterosato, 1878 Columbella gervillei var. variegata Monterosato, 1878 Mitra gervillei Payraudeau, 1826 (basionym) Mitrella decollata var. caralitana Schiro, 1978 Mitrella gervillei [sic] (misspelling) Mitrella gervillei gervillei [sic] (misspelling)

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs in European waters, off Spain and Portugal, and in the Mediterranean Sea (off Greece)

References

↑ Mitrella gervillii (Payraudeau, 1826). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 June 2012.

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
Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218

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