Mitrella nympha

Mitrella nympha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Mitrella
Species: M. nympha
Binomial name
Mitrella nympha
(Kiener, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella alabastroides var. illibata Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella articulata Souverbie, 1864
  • Columbella articulata var. flavidula Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella articulata var. pallidior Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella articulata var. retiaria Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella articulata var. subnympha Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella carolinae Smith, 1876
  • Columbella carolinae var. bifloccata Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella carolinae var. nivosula Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella eximia Reeve, 1859
  • Columbella eximia var. candescens Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella eximia var. incerta Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella eximia var. tremulina Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella fusiformis Pease, 1868
  • Columbella galaxias Reeve, 1859
  • Columbella galaxias var. exolescens Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella nivosula Hervier, R.P.J., 1899
  • Columbella nubeculata Reeve, 1859
  • Columbella nubeculata var. obnubila Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella nympha Kiener, 1841 (basionym)
  • Columbella pusilla Pease, 1862
  • Columbella venulata G.B. Sowerby III, 1894
  • Columbella venulata var. interpuncta Hervier, 1899

Mitrella nympha is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 9 mm and 13 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off the Philippines

References

  1. 1 2 Mitrella nympha .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 November 2010.


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