Mitrella scripta

Mitrella scripta
Shell of Mitrella scripta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Mitrella
Species:
M. scripta
Binomial name
Mitrella scripta
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Buccinum corniculatum Lamarck, 1822
  • Buccinum linneai Payraudeau, 1826
  • Buccinum linneai var. lactea Philippi, 1836
  • Buccinum linneai var. major Philippi, 1836
  • Columbella scripta var. abbreviata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
  • Columbella scripta var. albida Monterosato, 1878
  • Columbella scripta var. brevis Monterosato, 1875
  • Columbella scripta var. elongata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
  • Columbella scripta var. flammulata Monterosato, 1878
  • Columbella scripta var. flammulata Pallary, 1900
  • Columbella scripta var. flavida Monterosato, 1878
  • Columbella scripta var. major Monterosato, 1878
  • Columbella scripta var. minor Monterosato, 1878
  • Columbella scripta var. turgida Monterosato, 1878
  • Columbella scripta var. unifasciata Monterosato, 1878
  • Columbella scripta var. variegata Monterosato, 1878
  • Fusus glaber Risso, 1826
  • Mitrella flaminea Risso, 1826
  • Mitrella scripta var. acutalis Monterosato, 1923
  • Mitrella syrtiaca Pallary, 1908
  • Murex conulus Olivi, 1792
  • Murex scriptus Linnaeus, 1758(basionym)
  • Pisania laevigata Bivona-Bernardi, 1832
  • Purpura corniculata Risso, 1826
  • Purpura lamarckii Risso, 1826
  • Pyrene scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Mitrella scripta, the music dove shell, is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Description

The shell of an adult Mitrella scripta grows to a length of about 18 millimetres (0.71 in). This sea snail is a high spired, biconic columbellid with smooth, unsculptured shells and a denticulated inner surface of the external lip. The surface of the shell usually is white with a patching of pale brown on the whorls.

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters (Spain, Portugal, Madeira), the Mediterranean Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania.

References

  1. ^ a b Mitrella scripta (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 January 2011.
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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