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Mitrella cuspidata

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Mitrella cuspidata
Shell of Mitrella cuspidata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

References

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  • 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.