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Shell of Mitrella scripta | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Columbellidae |
Genus: | Mitrella |
Species: | M. scripta
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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 scripta | |
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Shell of Mitrella scripta | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Columbellidae |
Genus: | Mitrella |
Species: | M. scripta
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Binomial name | |
Mitrella scripta | |
Synonyms [1] | |
List
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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.