Mitrella nycteis

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Mitrella nycteis
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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 belizanaDuclos, 1848
  • Colombella fusiformisd'Orbigny, 1845
  • Colombella nycteisDuclos, 1846
  • Colombella plutonidaDuclos, 1846
  • Columbella fenestrataC.B. Adams, 1850
  • Columbella fusiformisd'Orbigny, 1842
  • Columbella sagittaGaskoin, 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]

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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.

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