Mitrella condei
| Mitrella condei | |
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| Shell of Mitrella condei (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Mitrella |
| Species: | M. condei
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| Binomial name | |
| Mitrella condei Rolan, 2005[1]
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Mitrella condei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[2]
Description
The shell reaches a length of about 16.5 mm.[3] A paucispiral protoconch (~1 whorl; diameter ~700 μm) was noted for the species in comparison with related taxa, based on Rolán's figures.[4]
Distribution
This marine species is known from the Atlantic Ocean off Angola.[3][5]
Type material
The holotype (MNHN-IM-2000-7034) is deposited in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. It was dredged off Moçâmedes (Praia Amélia), Angola, at a depth of about 50 m.[6]
References
- ^ Rolán E. 2005. Columbellidae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) of the gulf of Guinea with the description of eight new species. Iberus 23(2): 119–156. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ a b Mitrella condei Rolan, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ a b Rolán, Emilio (2005). "Columbellidae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) of the Gulf of Guinea with the description of eight new species" (PDF). Iberus (in Spanish). 23 (2): 119–156.
- ^ Landau, B. (2023). "The Pliocene Gastropoda of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 20. Columbellidae" (PDF). Cainozoic Research. 23.
- ^ "Mitrella condei Rolán, 2005". MolluscaBase. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ^ "Mitrella condei (holotype) MNHN-IM-2000-7034". MNHN Collections (RECOLNAT). Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- Rolán E. 2005. Columbellidae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) of the gulf of Guinea with the description of eight new species. Iberus 23(2): 119-156
- Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life