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Mitrella floccata (Reeve, 1859) 
AphiaID: 511504

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Buccinoidea (Superfamily) > Columbellidae (Family) > Mitrella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Mitrella Risso, 1826
Synonymised
taxa		  Columbella floccata Reeve, 1859 (original combination)
 Pyrene floccata (Reeve, 1859)
Sources  basis of record: Monsecour K. (2010). Checklist of Columbellidae. pers. com. [details]

from synonym: Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56 [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Kilburn R.N. (1970). Taxonomic notes on South African marine mollusca, I. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums 8(4):39-48. [details] [view taxon]

identification resource: Kilburn R.N. & Marais J.P. (2010) Columbellidae. Pp. 60-104, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subspecies Mitrella floccata floccata (Reeve, 1859)
Subspecies Mitrella floccata hanleyi (Deshayes, 1863)
Environment marine
Distribution Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Image 
Mitrella floccata
Mitrella floccata
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:511504
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2010-09-01 19:50:42Z  created  Monsecour, Kevin
2012-07-04 18:46:28Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Monsecour, K. (2013). Mitrella floccata (Reeve, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511504 on 2013-05-24
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