Taxon profile
species
Mitrella arcta K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Neogastropoda » family Columbellidae - Dove Shells » genus Mitrella
ID: 1371848
pID: 308689
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Delsing Jan
Created: 2019-12-30 09:09:20 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2021-02-26 14:38:51
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1371848/
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[[t:1371848;<em>Mitrella arcta</em>]] K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1371848/"><em>Mitrella arcta</em></a>
pID: 308689
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Delsing Jan
Created: 2019-12-30 09:09:20 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2021-02-26 14:38:51
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1371848/
Text function: [[t:1371848;<em>Mitrella arcta</em>]]
[[t:1371848;<em>Mitrella arcta</em>]] K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1371848/"><em>Mitrella arcta</em></a>
Data source: WORMS.
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 97934
Text Type: 1
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Created: 2019-12-30 09:31:10 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
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Created: 2019-12-30 09:31:10 - User Delsing Jan
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Shell size typical for genus, adult size up to ca. 12.3 mm; fusiform, elongate. Suture straight. Protoconch paucispiral, -1.5 smooth whorls. Teleoconch of 5.5-6 whorls. Axial sculpture absent. Spiral sculpture of basal cords, ventrally ranging to adapical edge of columella. Outer lip slightly thickened, smooth, bearing only continuation of basal cords. Inner lip denticulate, with eight denticles, diminishing in strength abapically, with second and third denticles closer than the other denticles. Columellar callus thickened. Parietal callus very weak. Columella with seven denticles. Siphonal canal long, open, straight. Teleoconch whorls off-white in colour, occasionally with pattern of pale brown axial lines on lower whorls. Protoconch off-white. Aperture and columella off-white. Holotype height 10.2 mm.
Monsecour, K. & Monsecour, D., 2016. Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia.
Interchangeable taxa
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 97936
Text Type: 19
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Created: 2019-12-30 09:32:44 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:1371848,textblock=97936,elang=EN;Interchangeable taxa]]
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Created: 2019-12-30 09:32:44 - User Delsing Jan
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This species is similar to Mitrella angustalineata n. sp., but differs in its smaller teleoconch, number and position of denticles in the inner lip, longer siphonal canal and narrower, more elongate aperture.
Monsecour, K. & Monsecour, D., 2016. Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia.
Distribution
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 97935
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Created: 2019-12-30 09:32:00 - User Delsing Jan
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Created: 2019-12-30 09:32:00 - User Delsing Jan
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New Caledonia: off east and west coasts of Grande Terre, Ile des Pins, and off Lifou, 282-427 m.
Monsecour, K. & Monsecour, D., 2016. Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia.
Author: Jan Delsing
