Mitromorpha columbellaria

Mitromorpha columbellaria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]

Mitromorpha columbellaria
Shells of Mitromorpha columbellaria (neotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mitromorphidae
Genus:	Mitromorpha
Species:	M. columbellaria
Binomial name
Mitromorpha columbellaria (Scacchi, 1836)
Synonyms[1]
Columbella greci Philippi, 1844 (dubious synonym) Columbella greci var. granulosa Monterosato, 1878 Columbella greci var. lactea Monterosato, 1878 Columbella greci var. minor Monterosato, 1878 Columbella greci var. unifasciata Monterosato, 1878 Mitra clandestina Reeve, 1845 (dubious synonym) Mitra columbellaria Scacchi, 1836 (original combination) Mitra leontocroma Brusina, 1866 Mitra obsoleta Philippi, 1836 (invalid: junior homonym of Mitra obsoleta Brocchi, 1814) Mitrolumna algeriana Pallary, 1900 Mitrolumna granulosa Locard, 1886 Mitrolumna major Locard, 1886 Mitrolumna olivoidea var. granulosa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 Mitrolumna olivoidea var. lactea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 Mitrolumna olivoidea var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 Mitrolumna olivoidea var. minor Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) columbellaria (Scacchi, 1836)· accepted, alternate representation Mitromorpha mediterranea Mifsud, 2001

Description

The Mitromorpha columbellaria has a brownish-tan, spiral shell. Its common size is 6mm.

Distribution

This species of sea snail is native to Spain, particularly in the cities of Granada and Punta de la Mona; also off Italy and Algeria

References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Mitromorpha columbellaria (Scacchi, 1836). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2018) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=835779 on 2018-02-11

• Mifsud C. (2001). The genus Mitromorpha Carpenter, 1865 (Neogastropoda, Turridae), and its sub-genera with notes on the European species. Published by the Author, Rabat, Malta 32 pp.

External links

• Scacchi, A. (1836). Catalogus Conchyliorum regni Neapolitani. Neapoli [Naples], Typis Filiatre-Sebetii 18 p., 1 pl
• Bucquoy E., Dautzenberg P. & Dollfus G. (1882–1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils 570 p., 66 pl.
• Philippi, R. A. (1844). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Volumen secundum continens addenda et emendanda, nec non comparationem faunae recentis Siciliae cum faunis aliarum terrarum et com fauna periodi tertiariae. Eduard Anton, Halle
• Brusina S. (1866). Contribuzione pella fauna dei molluschi dalmati. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-botanisch Gesellschaft in Wien 16: 1–134
• Pallary P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du Départment d'Oran
• Journal de Conchyliologie, 48(3): 211–422, pl. 68 Locard A. (1886). Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusque marins. Lyon, H. Georg & Paris, Baillière : pp. X + 778
• Amati B., Smriglio C. & Oliverio M. (2015). Revision of the Recent Mediterranean species of Mitromorpha Carpenter, 1865 (Gastropoda, Conoidea, Mitromorphidae) with the description of seven new species. Zootaxa. 3931(2): 151–195
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
• "Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) columbellaria". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.