WoRMS taxon details
Mitrella psilla (Duclos, 1846)
408445 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:408445)
accepted
Species
Colombella philodicia Duclos, 1846 · unaccepted
Colombella psilla Duclos, 1846 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Colombella psilla Duclos, 1846) Chenu, J. C. (1842-1854). Illustrations conchyliologiques, ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues, vivantes et fossiles. <em>Paris.</em> Paris. 85 parts in 4 volumes.
page(s): pl. 15 fig. 5-6 [details]
page(s): pl. 15 fig. 5-6 [details]
Distribution West Africa, from Mauritania to Senegal and again in the provinces of Benguela and Namibe, Angola (Rolán, 2005)....
Distribution West Africa, from Mauritania to Senegal and again in the provinces of Benguela and Namibe, Angola (Rolán, 2005). Introduced in Gulf of Tunis, Mediterranean Sea (Antit et al., in press). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mitrella psilla (Duclos, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408445 on 2025-04-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Colombella philodicia Duclos, 1846) Duclos, P. L. (1846-1850). Colombella. In: Chenu, J. C. <i>Illustrations conchyliologiques ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues vivantes et fossiles, classées suivant le système de Lamarck modifié d'après les progrès de la science et comprenant les genres nouveaux et les espèces récemment découvertes</i>. Volume 4: pls 1-18 [1846]; 19-25, 27 [1848]; 26 [1850]., available online at http://doc.rero.ch/record/323854/files/MHN-Chenu_3.pdf
page(s): pl. 15 [details]
original description (of Colombella psilla Duclos, 1846) Chenu, J. C. (1842-1854). Illustrations conchyliologiques, ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues, vivantes et fossiles. <em>Paris.</em> Paris. 85 parts in 4 volumes.
page(s): pl. 15 fig. 5-6 [details]
basis of record Rolán E. 2005. Columbellidae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) of the gulf of Guinea with the description of eight new species. Iberus 23(2): 119-156 [details]
page(s): pl. 15 [details]
original description (of Colombella psilla Duclos, 1846) Chenu, J. C. (1842-1854). Illustrations conchyliologiques, ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues, vivantes et fossiles. <em>Paris.</em> Paris. 85 parts in 4 volumes.
page(s): pl. 15 fig. 5-6 [details]
basis of record Rolán E. 2005. Columbellidae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) of the gulf of Guinea with the description of eight new species. Iberus 23(2): 119-156 [details]
Other
additional source
Antit, M.; Gofas, S.; Azzouna, A. (2009). A gastropod from the tropical Atlantic becomes an established alien in the Mediterranean. <i>Biological Invasions</i>. 12(5): 991-994., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-009-9532-2 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Nappo A., Strizzi M.N.T., Mancini E. & Marcelli M. (2019). First record of <i>Mitrella psilla</i> (Duclos, 1846) (Gastropoda: Columbellidae) in Italy. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 55(1): 62-64. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Nappo A., Strizzi M.N.T., Mancini E. & Marcelli M. (2019). First record of <i>Mitrella psilla</i> (Duclos, 1846) (Gastropoda: Columbellidae) in Italy. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 55(1): 62-64. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Biology Type of larval development: direct (non-planktotrophic, intracapsular) [details]Diagnosis Shell 4.5-5.4 mm high, fusiform with last whorl mote than half the height. Protoconch a little more than one whorl, teleoconch four whorls. Outer surface smooth except for fine spiral striae on the abapical part of last whorl. Aperture subquadrangular, with 4-5 denticles on the inner side of outer lip and minute tubercles on the columella. Colour pattern very characteristic on protoconch, whitish with median brown spiral line; teleoconch brown with large subsutural white patches, white rounded blotches arranged in a quincuncial pattern over the shell and a pale median band on the last whorl. [details]
Distribution West Africa, from Mauritania to Senegal and again in the provinces of Benguela and Namibe, Angola (Rolán, 2005). Introduced in Gulf of Tunis, Mediterranean Sea (Antit et al., in press). [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species remark In Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin (Marine Region) : First report of a mollusc with tropical Atlantic origin being added to the Mediterranean fauna. [details]Introduced species vector dispersal in Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin (Marine Region) : Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin (Marine Region) : Shipping [details]
