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

Mitrella dichroa
Shell of Mitrella dichroa (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Mitrella
Species:
M. dichroa
Binomial name
Mitrella dichroa
(Sowerby, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum parvulum Dunker, 1847
  • Columbella dichroa Sowerby, 1844 (basionym)
  • Columbella orphia Duclos, 1846
  • Columbella schrammi Petit de la Saussaye, 1853
  • Pyrene parvula (Dunker, 1847)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 7.6 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

References

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  1. ^ a b Mitrella dichroa (Sowerby I, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 June 2012.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
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