Mitrella dichroa
Shell of Mitrella dichroa (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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 parvulumDunker, 1847 Columbella dichroa Sowerby, 1844 (basionym) Columbella orphiaDuclos, 1846 Columbella schrammiPetit de la Saussaye, 1853 Pyrene parvula(Dunker, 1847)

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

Contents

• Description
• Distribution
• References
• External links

Description

The length of the shell attains 7.6 mm.

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Distribution

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

References

• 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.

External links

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• Sowerby, G. B., I. (1844). Monograph of the genus Columbella. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (4): 109-146bis, pls 36-40. London, privately published.
• Duclos P.L. (1846-1850). Colombella. In J.C. Chenu, Illustrations conchyliologiques ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues vivantes et fossiles, classées suivant le système de Lamarck modifié d'après les progrès de la science et comprenant les genres nouveaux et les espèces récemment découvertes. Volume 4
• Petit de la Saussaye, S. (1853). Descriptions de coquilles nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie. 4: 360-369, pl. 11-13
• Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (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. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

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