Mitrella dichroa

Mitrella dichroa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Mitrella
Species:	M. dichroa
Binomial name
	Mitrella dichroa; (Sowerby, 1844)
Synonyms
	Buccinum parvulum Dunker, 1847; Columbella argus d'Orbigny, 1845; Columbella dichroa Sowerby, 1844 (basionym); Columbella orphia Duclos, 1846; Columbella schrammi Petit de la Saussaye, 1853; Pyrene parvula (Dunker, 1847);

Mitrella dichroa is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.^[1]

Description

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.

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