Mitrella cuspidata

Mitrella cuspidata
Shell of Mitrella cuspidata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Mitrella
Species:	M. cuspidata
Binomial name
Mitrella cuspidata Lussi, 2009 [1]

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Marquesas Islands. The holotype was found in Durban Bay, South Africa.

References

1. Lussi (2009). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 64 (3) : 20–28. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
2. Mitrella cuspidata Lussi, 2009 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 April 2010.

• Lussi (2009). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 64 (3) : 20-28
• 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
• Monsecour, K.; Monsecour, D. (2016). Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 208: 291-362
• Monsecour K. & Monsecour D. (2018). Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from French Polynesia. Gloria Maris. 56(4): 118–151.