Mitrella floccata

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

Mitrella floccata
Shell of Mitrella floccata hanleyi (neotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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
Columbella floccata Reeve, 1859 (basionym) Mitrella floccata floccata (Reeve, 1859) · accepted, alternate representation Pyrene floccata (Reeve, 1859)

Distribution

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

Subspecies

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

The shell length varies between 10 mm and 16 mm.

References

• 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.

External links

• Reeve, L. A. (1858–1859). Monograph of the Genus Columbella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 11, pl. 1-37 and unpaginated text.