Mitrella maculafasciata

Mitrella maculafasciata
Shells of Mitrella maculafasciata (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Mitrella
Species:	M. maculafasciata
Binomial name
Mitrella maculafasciata K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016

Mitrella maculafasciata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 7.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Ridge, off Lifou Island

References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Mitrella maculafasciata K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888006 on 2018-09-09

• 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.

External links

• "Mitrella maculafasciata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.