Mitrella moleculina

Mitrella moleculina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Mitrella
Species: M. moleculina
Binomial name
Mitrella moleculina
(Duclos, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella inscripta Brazier, 1877
  • Columbella moleculina Duclos, 1835 (basionym)
  • Pyrene moleculina (Duclos, 1840)

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

Description

The shell size is 8.5 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra and Madagascar and in the seas along the Philippines, Korea and Japan.

References

  1. 1 2 Mitrella moleculina (Duclos, 1846à.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 November 2010.


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