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

Mitrella coccinea (R. A. Philippi, 1836)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Buccinum linnaei var. coccinea*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Columbella brisei*	Brusina, 1870	synonym
*Columbella brisei var. lactea*	Monterosato, 1878	synonym; nom. nud.
*Columbella brisei var. maculata*	Monterosato, 1878	synonym; nom. nud.
*Columbella scripta var. coccinea*	(R. A. Philippi, 1836)	synonym
*Columbella nasuta*	(Gmelin, 1791) sensu Brusina, 1865	misapplied name

Literature

basis of record	Monsecour, K. (2010). Checklist of Columbellidae. pers. comm.
additional source	van Aartsen, J.J.; Menkhorst, H.P.M.G.; Gittenberger, E. (1984). The marine mollusca of the Bay of Algeciras, Spain, with general notes on Mitrella, Marginellidae and Turridae. Basteria. Supplement 2: 1-135.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mitrella coccinea (R. A. Philippi, 1836). 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:156242