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

Mitrella floccata
Shell of Mitrella floccata hanleyi (neotype 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. floccata
Binomial name
Mitrella floccata
(Reeve, 1859)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella floccata Reeve, 1859 (basionym)
  • Mitrella floccata floccata (Reeve, 1859) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Pyrene floccata (Reeve, 1859)

Distribution

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

Subspecies

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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))

Description

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

References

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  1. ^ a b Mitrella floccata (Reeve, 1859). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 January 2011.
  2. ^ "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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