Mitrella nympha

Mitrella nympha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Mitrella
Species:	M. nympha
Binomial name
*Mitrella nympha* (Kiener, 1841)
Synonyms^[1]
Columbella alabastroides var. illibata Hervier, 1899 Columbella articulata Souverbie, 1864 Columbella articulata var. flavidula Hervier, 1899 Columbella articulata var. pallidior Hervier, 1899 Columbella articulata var. retiaria Hervier, 1899 Columbella articulata var. subnympha Hervier, 1899 Columbella carolinae Smith, 1876 Columbella carolinae var. bifloccata Hervier, 1899 Columbella carolinae var. nivosula Hervier, 1899 Columbella eximia Reeve, 1859 Columbella eximia var. candescens Hervier, 1899 Columbella eximia var. incerta Hervier, 1899 Columbella eximia var. tremulina Hervier, 1899 Columbella fusiformis Pease, 1868 Columbella galaxias Reeve, 1859 Columbella galaxias var. exolescens Hervier, 1899 Columbella nivosula Hervier, R.P.J., 1899 Columbella nubeculata Reeve, 1859 Columbella nubeculata var. obnubila Hervier, 1899 Columbella nympha Kiener, 1841 (basionym) Columbella pusilla Pease, 1862 Columbella venulata G.B. Sowerby III, 1894 Columbella venulata var. interpuncta Hervier, 1899

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

Description

The shell size varies between 9 mm and 13 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off the Philippines

References

1 2 Mitrella nympha . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 November 2010.

Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.

External links

Gastropods.com : Mitrella (Mitrella) nympha; accessed : 4 November 2010

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