Mitrella scripta

Mitrella scripta, the music dove shell, is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Mitrella scripta
Shell of Mitrella scripta
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
List
  • Buccinum corniculatum Lamarck, 1822
  • Buccinum linneai Payraudeau, 1826
  • Buccinum linneai var. lactea Philippi, 1836
  • Buccinum linneai var. major Philippi, 1836
  • Columbella scripta var. abbreviata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
  • Columbella scripta var. albida Monterosato, 1878
  • Columbella scripta var. brevis Monterosato, 1875
  • Columbella scripta var. elongata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
  • Columbella scripta var. flammulata Monterosato, 1878
  • Columbella scripta var. flammulata Pallary, 1900
  • Columbella scripta var. flavida Monterosato, 1878
  • Columbella scripta var. major Monterosato, 1878
  • Columbella scripta var. minor Monterosato, 1878
  • Columbella scripta var. turgida Monterosato, 1878
  • Columbella scripta var. unifasciata Monterosato, 1878
  • Columbella scripta var. variegata Monterosato, 1878
  • Fusus glaber Risso, 1826
  • Mitrella flaminea Risso, 1826
  • Mitrella scripta var. acutalis Monterosato, 1923
  • Mitrella syrtiaca Pallary, 1908
  • Murex conulus Olivi, 1792
  • Murex scriptus Linnaeus, 1758(basionym)
  • Pisania laevigata Bivona-Bernardi, 1832
  • Purpura corniculata Risso, 1826
  • Purpura lamarckii Risso, 1826
  • Pyrene scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)

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
  • "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
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