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

Mitrella minor
Shell of Mitrella minor (museum specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Mitrella
Species:
M. minor
Binomial name
Mitrella minor
(Scacchi, 1836)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum minus Philippi, 1844 (unjustified emendation of Columbella minor Scacchi, 1836)
  • Buccinum politum Cantraine, 1835 (invalid: junior homonym of Buccinum politum Lamarck, 1822)
  • Buccinum scacchi Calcara, 1840
  • Columbella minor Scacchi, 1836
  • Columbellopsis minor (Scacchi, 1836)
  • Mangelia vitrea Risso, 1826

References

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  1. ^ Mitrella minor (Scacchi, 1836). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213

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