Mitrella scripta

Mitrella scripta
Shell of Mitrella scripta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Mitrella
Species:	M. scripta
Binomial name
Mitrella scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms [1]
List Buccinum corniculatumLamarck, 1822 Buccinum linneaiPayraudeau, 1826 Buccinum linneai var. lacteaPhilippi, 1836 Buccinum linneai var. majorPhilippi, 1836 Columbella scripta var. abbreviataBucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882 Columbella scripta var. albidaMonterosato, 1878 Columbella scripta var. brevisMonterosato, 1875 Columbella scripta var. elongataBucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882 Columbella scripta var. flammulataMonterosato, 1878 Columbella scripta var. flammulataPallary, 1900 Columbella scripta var. flavidaMonterosato, 1878 Columbella scripta var. majorMonterosato, 1878 Columbella scripta var. minorMonterosato, 1878 Columbella scripta var. turgidaMonterosato, 1878 Columbella scripta var. unifasciataMonterosato, 1878 Columbella scripta var. variegataMonterosato, 1878 Fusus glaber Risso, 1826 Mitrella flaminea Risso, 1826 Mitrella scripta var. acutalisMonterosato, 1923 Mitrella syrtiacaPallary, 1908 Murex conulusOlivi, 1792 Murex scriptus Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym) Pisania laevigataBivona-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. 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

External links

• "Mitrella scripta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
• Sociedad Española de Malacologia
• M. deMaintenon The Columbellidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) collected at Ambon during the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition
• Photos of Mitrella scripta on Sealife Collection