Mitrella scripta

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Mitrella scripta
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Shell of Mitrella scripta
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Domain: Eukaryota
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 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]

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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.

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References

  1. 1 2 Mitrella scripta (Linnaeus, 1758) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 18 January 2011.