Mitrella condei

Mitrella condei
Shell of Mitrella condei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Mitrella
Species:	M. condei
Binomial name
Mitrella condei Rolan, 2005 [1]

Mitrella condei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. ^[2]

Description

The shell reaches a length of about 16.5 mm. ^[3] A paucispiral protoconch (~1 whorl; diameter ~700 μm) was noted for the species in comparison with related taxa, based on Rolán's figures. ^[4]

Distribution

This marine species is known from the Atlantic Ocean off Angola. ^{[3] [5]}

Type material

The holotype (MNHN-IM-2000-7034) is deposited in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. It was dredged off Moçâmedes (Praia Amélia), Angola, at a depth of about 50 m. ^[6]

References

1. Rolán E. 2005. Columbellidae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) of the gulf of Guinea with the description of eight new species. Iberus 23(2): 119–156. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
2. Mitrella condei Rolan, 2005 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 April 2010.
3. Rolán, Emilio (2005). "Columbellidae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) of the Gulf of Guinea with the description of eight new species" (PDF). Iberus (in Spanish). 23 (2): 119–156.
4. Landau, B. (2023). "The Pliocene Gastropoda of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 20. Columbellidae" (PDF). Cainozoic Research. 23: —.
5. "Mitrella condei Rolán, 2005". MolluscaBase. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
6. "Mitrella condei (holotype) MNHN-IM-2000-7034". MNHN Collections (RECOLNAT). Retrieved 8 September 2025.

• Rolán E. 2005. Columbellidae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) of the gulf of Guinea with the description of eight new species. Iberus 23(2): 119-156
• Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life