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

Mitrella cyanae
Shells of Mitrella cyanae (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Mitrella
Species:
M. cyanae
Binomial name
Mitrella cyanae
K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 13.9 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia

References edit

  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Mitrella cyanae K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888007 on 2018-09-08
  • Monsecour, K.; Monsecour, D. (2016). Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 208: 291–362.

External links edit

  • "Mitrella cyanae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.