Mitrella nitidulina

Mitrella nitidulina
Shell of Mitrella nitidulina (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Mitrella
Species:	M. nitidulina
Binomial name
Mitrella nitidulina (Locard, 1897)
Synonyms
Columbella nitidulina Locard, 1897 (original combination)

Mitrella nitidulina is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.^[1]

Description[]

The length of the shell attains 10.5 mm.

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Distribution[]

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Western Sahara.

References[]

• Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155

External links[]

• Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 (1897)
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
• Gofas, S.; Luque, Á.; Urra, J. (2019). Planktotrophic Columbellidae (Gastropoda) in the northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea, with description of a new species in the genus Mitrella. Bulletin of Marine Science. 96(1): 145-168
• Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. supplement 1: 121-296

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