Mitrella antares

Mitrella antares
Shell of Mitrella antares (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Mitrella
Species:	M. antares
Binomial name
Mitrella antares P. M. Costa & P. J. de Souza, 2001 [1]
Synonyms [2]
Astyris antares(Costa & de Souza, 2001)

Mitrella antares is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

References

1. Costa P. M. & de Souza, P. J. (2001). Iberus 19 (2) : 15–21. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
2. Mitrella antares P. M. Costa & P. J. de Souza, 2001 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 April 2010.

External links

• Costa, P. M.S. & de Souza, P. J. S. (2001). Two new species of Mitrella Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda, Columbellidae) from west Atlantic. Iberus. 19(2): 15-21