Nitidella nitida

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]

Nitidella nitida
Nitidella nitida shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Columbellidae
Genus:
Nitidella
Species:
N. nitida
Binomial name
Nitidella nitida
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum nitidulum Linnaeus, 1758
  • Columbella nitida Lamarck, 1822 (basionym)
  • Columbella nitidula G.B. Sowerby, 1822
  • Columbella swainsoni Mörch, 1859
  • Columbella tringa (Schroeter, 1783)
  • Nitidella marmorata Swainson, 1840
  • Nitidella nitidula Sowerby, G.B. I, 1822
  • Voluta gracilis Dillwyn, 1823
  • Voluta tringa Schroeter, 1783

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.

References
  1. Nitidella nitida (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 November 2010.
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
  • "Nitidella nitida". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 5 November 2010.


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