Taxon profile
species
Mitrella inaequalis K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Neogastropoda » family Columbellidae - Dove Shells » genus Mitrella
ID: 1371871
pID: 308689
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Delsing Jan
Created: 2019-12-30 11:09:59 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2021-02-28 20:35:12
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1371871/
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[[t:1371871;<em>Mitrella inaequalis</em>]] K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1371871/"><em>Mitrella inaequalis</em></a>
pID: 308689
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Delsing Jan
Created: 2019-12-30 11:09:59 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2021-02-28 20:35:12
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1371871/
Text function: [[t:1371871;<em>Mitrella inaequalis</em>]]
[[t:1371871;<em>Mitrella inaequalis</em>]] K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1371871/"><em>Mitrella inaequalis</em></a>
Data source: WORMS.
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 97988
Text Type: 1
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Created: 2019-12-30 19:33:35 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
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Text ID: 97988
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Created: 2019-12-30 19:33:35 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
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Shell size small for genus, size of adult holotype 5.5 mm; fusiform, elongate. Suture slightly impressed. Protoconch paucispiral, 1.5 smooth whorls. Teleoconch slightly less than five whorls. Axial and spiral sculpture absent. Outer lip slightly thickened, with small rim, smooth. Lower half of inner lip with four denticles, diminishing in strength abapically. Columellar callus thickened, semi-demarcated. Parietal callus thin. Columella smooth. Siphonal canal short, open, slightly recurved. Teleoconch whorls off-white in colour. Protoconch off-white, semi-translucent. Aperture and columella off-white.
Monsecour, K. & Monsecour, D., 2016. Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia.
Interchangeable taxa
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 97990
Text Type: 19
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Created: 2019-12-30 19:34:48 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:1371871,textblock=97990,elang=EN;Interchangeable taxa]]
Text ID: 97990
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Created: 2019-12-30 19:34:48 - User Delsing Jan
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This species is most similar to Mitrella expolita, but differs in its slightly larger adult size, greater number of teleoconch whorls, thicker callus and apertural denticles.
Monsecour, K. & Monsecour, D., 2016. Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia.
Distribution
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 97989
Text Type: 3
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Created: 2019-12-30 19:34:11 - User Delsing Jan
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Text ID: 97989
Text Type: 3
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Created: 2019-12-30 19:34:11 - User Delsing Jan
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Coral Sea, Lansdowne Bank, Fairway Reef.
Monsecour, K. & Monsecour, D., 2016. Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia.
Author: Jan Delsing
