Mitropsis

Mitropsis
Shell of Mitropsis paumotensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Mitropsis Pease, 1868
Type species
Mitropsis fusiformis Pease, 1868
Synonyms
Columbella (Mitropsis) Pease, 1868

Mitropsis is a monotypic genus of sea snails in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

Species

• Mitropsis paumotensis (Tryon, 1883)

Synonym

• Mitropsis fusiformis Pease, 1868: synonym of Mitropsis paumotensis (Tryon, 1883) (invalid: treated as a secondary homonym of Columbella fusiformis by Tryon, who established the replacement name Columbella paumotensis)

Distribution

This marine species was found off the Tuamotu archipelago.

References

• Monsecour K. & Monsecour D., 2018. - Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from French Polynesia. Gloria Maris 56(4): 118-151

External links

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• Pease W.H. (1868 ["1867"]). Descriptions of marine Gasteropodæ, inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology. 3(3): 211-222

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