World Register of Deep-Sea species - Mitrella Risso, 1826

Deep-Sea taxon details

Mitrella Risso, 1826

Mitrella scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (mixed bottoms 3-4 m, 30.03.2009), actual size 13.9 mm.

AphiaID

137804 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137804)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Columbellidae Swainson, 1840

Original name

Mitrella Risso, 1826

Direct children (22)

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Species Mitrella aesopiformis K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Species Mitrella charcoti K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Species Mitrella cuspidata Lussi, 2009
Species Mitrella cyanae K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Species Mitrella debitusae K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Species Mitrella expolita K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Species Mitrella inaccessa K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Species Mitrella inaequalis K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Species Mitrella laevior K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Species Mitrella minisipho K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Species Mitrella neocaledonica K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Species Mitrella nitidulina (Locard, 1897)
Species Mitrella nix K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Species Mitrella parvicosta K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Species Mitrella pauxillula K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Species Mitrella profundi (Dall, 1889)
Species Mitrella subtilicostata K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Species Mitrella templadoi Gofas, Luque & Urra, 2019
Species Mitrella trivialis K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Species Mitrella dissimilis (W. Stimpson, 1851) accepted as Astyris lunata (Say, 1826) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Mitrella lunata (Say, 1826) accepted as Astyris lunata (Say, 1826)
Species Mitrella pura (A. E. Verrill, 1882) accepted as Astyris pura A. E. Verrill, 1882

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 247 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mitrella Risso, 1826. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137804 on 2026-08-11

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Mitrella Risso, 1826. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137804 on 2026-08-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-03-30 11:31:32Z

changed

Vandepitte, Leen

2006-10-03 09:31:29Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2011-07-16 02:32:02Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2016-02-21 21:28:20Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2016-10-14 08:40:32Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-02-01 07:11:33Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

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original description Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 247 [details]

basis of record Golikov, A. N.; Kussakin, O. G. (1978). Shell-bearing gastropods of the intertidal zone of the seas of the USSR. [Голиков А.Н., Кусакин О.Г. 1978. Раковинные брюхоногие моллюски литорали морей СССР. Определители по фауне СССР, издаваемые Зоологическим институтом АН СССР, 116: 292 с.]. Opredeliteli po faune SSSR, izdavayemye Zoologicheskim Institutom AN SSSR. 116: 1-292 [In Russian].
page(s): 168 [details] Available for editors

subsequent type designation Cox, L. R. (1927). Neogene and Quaternary Mollusca from the Zanzibar Protectorate. In: Anonymous (Eds.): Report on the Palaeontology of the Zanzibar Protectorate based mainly on the collection made by G. M. Stockley. Government of Zanzibar, Crown Agents for the Colonies, London, pp. 13-102, 171–180, pls. 3-19.
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors