Mitrella nycteis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Mitrella
Species:
M. nycteis
Binomial name
Mitrella nycteis
(Duclos, 1846)
Synonyms
List
  • Colombella belizana Duclos, 1848
  • Colombella fusiformis d'Orbigny, 1845
  • Colombella nycteis Duclos, 1846
  • Colombella plutonida Duclos, 1846
  • Columbella fenestrata C.B. Adams, 1850
  • Columbella fusiformis d'Orbigny, 1842
  • Columbella sagitta Gaskoin, 1851
  • Columbellopsis nycteis (Duclos, 1846)

Mitrella nycteis, commonly known as the fenestrate dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Description

The shell size is up to 8 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Caribbean Sea, the West Indies and in the Gulf of Mexico.

References

  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
  • "Columbellopsis nycteis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 5 November 2010.


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