Mitrella scripta, the music dove shell, is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
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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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| Mitrella scripta | |
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Description edit
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 edit
This species occurs in European waters (Spain, Portugal, Madeira), the Mediterranean Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania.
References edit
- ^ a b 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
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mitrella scripta.
- "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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