| Mitrella floccata | |
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| Shell of Mitrella floccata hanleyi (neotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Mitrella |
| Species: | M. floccata
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| Binomial name | |
| Mitrella floccata (Reeve, 1859)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mitrella floccata is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania, Mozambique, and South Africa.
Subspecies
There are two subspecies:
- Mitrella floccata floccata (Reeve, 1859)
- Mitrella floccata hanleyi (Deshayes, 1863) (synonyms: Columbella hanleyi Deshayes, 1863; Columbella robillardi G. B. Sowerby III, 1894; Mitrella hanleyi (Deshayes, 1863))
Description
The shell length varies between 10 mm and 16 mm.[2]
References
- ^ a b Mitrella floccata (Reeve, 1859). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 January 2011.
- ^ "Mitrella floccata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
- Deshayes, G. P., 1863 Catalogue des mollusques de l‛Ile de la Réunion (Bourbon). In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion (Bourbon), p. 144 p, 14 pls
- Drivas, J. & Jay, M., 1990. The Columbellidae of Reunion Island (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Annals of the Natal Museum 31: 163-200
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
- Kilburn R.N. (1970). Taxonomic notes on South African marine mollusca, I. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums 8(4):39–48
- Kilburn R.N. & Marais J.P. (2010) Columbellidae. pp. 60–104, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
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