| Mitropsis | |
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| Shell of Mitropsis paumotensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Mitropsis Pease, 1868 |
| Type species | |
| Mitropsis fusiformis Pease, 1868 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Columbella (Mitropsis) Pease, 1868 | |
Mitropsis is a monotypic genus of sea snails in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
Species
- Mitropsis paumotensis (Tryon, 1883)
- Synonym
- Mitropsis fusiformis Pease, 1868: synonym of Mitropsis paumotensis (Tryon, 1883) (invalid: treated as a secondary homonym of Columbella fusiformis by Tryon, who established the replacement name Columbella paumotensis)
Distribution
This marine species was found off the Tuamotu archipelago.
References
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mitropsis Pease, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740905 on 2021-08-09
- Monsecour K. & Monsecour D. , 2018. - Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from French Polynesia. Gloria Maris 56(4): 118-151
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