Mitrella nycteis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Mitrella
Species:	M. nycteis
Binomial name
Mitrella nycteis (Duclos, 1846)
Synonyms
List Colombella belizanaDuclos, 1848 Colombella fusiformisd'Orbigny, 1845 Colombella nycteisDuclos, 1846 Colombella plutonidaDuclos, 1846 Columbella fenestrataC.B. Adams, 1850 Columbella fusiformisd'Orbigny, 1842 Columbella sagittaGaskoin, 1851 Columbellopsis nycteis(Duclos, 1846)

Mitrella nycteis, commonly known as the fenestrate dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. ^[1]

Contents

• Description
• Distribution
• References
• External links

Description

The shell size is up to 8 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Caribbean Sea, the West Indies and in the Gulf of Mexico.

References

• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
• 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

External links

• "Columbellopsis nycteis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 5 November 2010.

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