Mitrella bruggeni
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| Mitrella bruggeni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Mitrella |
| Species: | M. bruggeni |
| Binomial name | |
| Mitrella bruggeni van Aartsen, Menkhorst & Gittenberger, 1984[1] | |
Mitrella bruggeni is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[2] The specific name bruggeni is in honor of Dutch malacologist Adolph Cornelis van Bruggen.[3] It was created as a new name for Mitrella broderipi auct. not Sowerby, 1844.[3]
