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Mitrella maestratii D. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2011

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Columbellidae - Dove Shells »  genus Mitrella

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Mitrella maestratii

Author: Monsecour & Monsecour

Taxon in country check-lists*

Asia: Philippines, Oceania: New Caledonia

* List of countries might not be complete

Interchangeable taxa

The first record of this species from the New Caledonia region. Mitrella maestratii differs from Mitrella longissima in the presence of extended denticles in the aperture, its multispiral protoconch and colour pattern. It is closest to M. brunnealineata, but differs in the larger size, the number of basal cords, the more bulbous whorls and the straight suture.
Monsecour, K. & Monsecour, D., 2016. Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia.

Distribution

New Caledonia: off east coast of Grande Terre. Philippines, alive in 77-200 m.
Monsecour, K. & Monsecour, D., 2016. Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Mitrella maestratii Monsecour & Monsecour, 2011]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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