Mitrella inaequalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
Mitrella inaequalis | |
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Shells of Mitrella inaequalis (holotype in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Columbellidae |
Genus: | Mitrella |
Species: | M. inaequalis
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Binomial name | |
Mitrella inaequalis K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 5.5 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Lansdowne Bank, Coral Sea
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Mitrella inaequalis K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888000 on 2018-09-08
- 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.
External links
edit- "Mitrella inaequalis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.