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species
Mitrella laevior K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Neogastropoda » family Columbellidae - Dove Shells » genus Mitrella
ID: 1371875
pID: 308689
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Delsing Jan
Created: 2019-12-30 11:11:58 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2025-05-29 17:30:09
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1371875/
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[[t:1371875;<em>Mitrella laevior</em>]] K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1371875/"><em>Mitrella laevior</em></a>
pID: 308689
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Delsing Jan
Created: 2019-12-30 11:11:58 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2025-05-29 17:30:09
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1371875/
Text function: [[t:1371875;<em>Mitrella laevior</em>]]
[[t:1371875;<em>Mitrella laevior</em>]] K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1371875/"><em>Mitrella laevior</em></a>
Data source: WORMS.
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 97991
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Created: 2019-12-30 19:37:48 - User Delsing Jan
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Shell size slightly smaller than typical for genus, adult size up to 8.5 mm; fusiform, slightly bulbously elongate. Suture weakly incised. Protoconch paucispiral, 1.5 smooth whorls. Teleoconch of ca. 4.5 whorls. Axial sculpture absent. Spiral sculpture of basal cords, ventrally ranging to just below adapical end of columella. Outer lip slightly thickened, smooth, bearing only continuation of basal cords. Inner lip with weak rim, denticulate, with seven weak denticles. Columellar callus weak. Parietal callus very weak, almost obsolete. Columella smooth. Siphonal canal short, open, straight. Teleoconch whorls off-white in colour, semi-translucent. Protoconch off-white, semi-translucent. Aperture and columella off-white. Holotype height 8.3 mm.
Monsecour, K. & Monsecour, D., 2016. Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia.
Interchangeable taxa
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 97993
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Created: 2019-12-30 19:39:42 - User Delsing Jan
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Created: 2019-12-30 19:39:42 - User Delsing Jan
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This species stands apart from all congeners in the very light, semi-translucent construction of the shell for its size.
Monsecour, K. & Monsecour, D., 2016. Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia.
Distribution
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 97992
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Created: 2019-12-30 19:39:05 - User Delsing Jan
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New Caledonia. South of Ile Les Pins.
Monsecour, K. & Monsecour, D., 2016. Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia.
Author: Jan Delsing