Mitrella floccata

Mitrella floccata
	Shell of Mitrella floccata hanleyi (neotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Mitrella
Species:	M. floccata
Binomial name
	Mitrella floccata; (Reeve, 1859)
Synonyms
	Columbella floccata Reeve, 1859 (basionym); Mitrella floccata floccata (Reeve, 1859) · accepted, alternate representation; Pyrene floccata (Reeve, 1859);

Mitrella floccata is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania, Mozambique, and South Africa.

There are two subspecies:

Mitrella floccata floccata (Reeve, 1859)
Mitrella floccata hanleyi (Deshayes, 1863) (synonyms: Columbella hanleyi Deshayes, 1863; Columbella robillardi G. B. Sowerby III, 1894; Mitrella hanleyi (Deshayes, 1863))

The shell length varies between 10 mm and 16 mm.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Mitrella floccata (Reeve, 1859). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 January 2011.
^ "Mitrella floccata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 January 2011.

Deshayes, G. P., 1863 Catalogue des mollusques de l‛Ile de la Réunion (Bourbon). In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion (Bourbon), p. 144 p, 14 pls
Drivas, J. & Jay, M., 1990. The Columbellidae of Reunion Island (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Annals of the Natal Museum 31: 163-200
Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
Kilburn R.N. (1970). Taxonomic notes on South African marine mollusca, I. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums 8(4):39–48
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.

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