Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Buccinoidea > Family Columbellidae

Mitrella Risso, 1826

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Columbella (Columbellopsis)*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882	synonym
*Columbella (Mitrella)*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Columbellopsis*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882	synonym
*Pyrene (Mitrella)*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Children

Mitrella broderipii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)
Mitrella bruggeni van Aartsen, Menkhorst & E. Gittenberger, 1984
Mitrella canariensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1840)
Mitrella coccinea (R. A. Philippi, 1836)
Mitrella dichroa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)
Mitrella gervillii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Mitrella hernandezi F. Boyer & Rolán, 2005
Mitrella minor (Scacchi, 1836)
Mitrella nitidulina (Locard, 1897)
Mitrella ocellata (Gmelin, 1791)
Mitrella pediculus (Kobelt, 1895)
Mitrella psilla (Duclos, 1846)
Mitrella scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mitrella svelta Kobelt, 1889
Mitrella swinneni K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2011
Mitrella templadoi Gofas, Luque & Urra, 2019
Mitrella turbita (Duclos, 1840)
Mitrella vatovai Coen, 1933
Pyrene (Mitrella) sorongensis van Bruggen, 1956

Literature

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. [book series]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].
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].
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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mitrella Risso, 1826. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137804