Mitrella scripta | |
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Shell of Mitrella scripta | |
Scientific classification | |
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] | |
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Mitrella scripta, the music dove shell, is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. [1]
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.
This species occurs in European waters (Spain, Portugal, Madeira), the Mediterranean Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania.
Mitrella moleculina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra and Madagascar and in the seas off the Philippines, Korea, Taiwan, and Japan. The shell ranges between 6 and 9 millimeters in length.
Mitrella nycteis, commonly known as the fenestrate dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Mitrella aemulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Mitrella gervillii is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Mitrella ocellata, the white-spotted dove shell, is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae.
Mitrella floccata is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Mitrella semiconvexa is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Mitrella angustalineata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Mitrella deforgesi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Mitrella ebisco is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Mitrella expolita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Mitrella gracilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Mitrella inaequalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Mitrella jayi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Mitrella laevior is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Mitrella maculafasciata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Mitrella parvicosta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Mitrella pauxillula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Mitrella peregrina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Mitrella subtilicostata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.