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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Mitrella |
| Species: | M. nycteis
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| Binomial name | |
| Mitrella nycteis (Duclos, 1846)
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Description
editThe shell size is up to 8 mm.
Distribution
editThis species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Caribbean Sea, the West Indies and in the Gulf of Mexico.
References
edit- ^ Mitrella nycteis (Duclos, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 July 2023.
- 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
edit- "Columbellopsis nycteis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
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