Nitidella nitida

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Nitidella nitida
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Nitidella nitida shell
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Nitidella
Species:
N. nitida
Binomial name
Nitidella nitida
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms [1]
  • Buccinum nitidulum Linnaeus, 1758
  • Columbella nitidaLamarck, 1822 (basionym)
  • Columbella nitidulaG.B. Sowerby, 1822
  • Columbella swainsoniMörch, 1859
  • Columbella tringa(Schroeter, 1783)
  • Nitidella marmorataSwainson, 1840
  • Nitidella nitidulaSowerby, G.B. I, 1822
  • Voluta gracilisDillwyn, 1823
  • Voluta tringaSchroeter, 1783

Nitidella nitida, common name: the glossy dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. [1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 9 mm and 16 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles, and from Florida to Brazil.

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References

  1. 1 2 Nitidella nitida (Lamarck, 1822) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 November 2010.