Mitropsis

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Mitropsis
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Shell of Mitropsis paumotensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Mitropsis
Pease, 1868
Type species
Mitropsis fusiformisPease, 1868
Synonyms

Columbella (Mitropsis)Pease, 1868

Mitropsis is a monotypic genus of sea snails in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. [1]

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Species

Synonym

Distribution

This marine species was found off the Tuamotu archipelago.

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References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mitropsis Pease, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740905 on 2021-08-09


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