Nitidella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[2]
| Nitidella | |
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| Nitidella nitida shell | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Nitidella Swainson, 1840[1] |
| Type species | |
| Tubercliopsis capricornia Laseron, 1956 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Species edit
Species within the genus Nitidella include:
- Nitidella nitida (Lamarck, 1822)[3]
- Synonyms
- Nitidella carinata (Hinds, 1844): synonym of Alia carinata (Hinds, 1844)
- Nitidella cribraria (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Mitrella ocellata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Nitidella densilineata Carpenter, 1864: synonym of Mitrella densilineata (Carpenter, 1864) (original combination)
- Nitidella elegans Dall, 1871: synonym of Mitrella elegans (Dall, 1871) (original combination)
- Nitidella filosa Stearns, 1873: synonym of Aesopus stearnsii (Tryon, 1883) (invalid: junior secondary homonym of Aesopus filosus Angas, 1867; C. strearnsii is a replacement name)
- Nitidella gouldii Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Alia carinata (Hinds, 1844) (original combination)
- Nitidella guttata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832): synonym of Mitrella guttata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) (incorrect generic combination)
- Nitidella hendersoni Dall, 1908: synonym of Rhombinella laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior synonym)
- Nitidella incerta Stearns, 1892: synonym of Falsuszafrona incerta (Stearns, 1892) (original combination)
- Nitidella laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Rhombinella laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Nitidella lutulenta Dall, 1919: synonym of Mitrella gausapata (A. Gould, 1850)
- Nitidella marmorata Swainson, 1840: synonym of Nitidella nitida (Lamarck, 1822)
- Nitidella millepunctata Carpenter, 1864: synonym of Mitrella millepunctata (Carpenter, 1864) (original combination)
- Nitidella ocellina F. Nordsieck, 1975: synonym of Mitrella broderipii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)
References edit
- ^ Swainson (1840). Treat. Malacol. 151, 313.
- ^ Nitidella. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 04/17/10.
- ^ Nitidella nitida (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
External links edit
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