Nitidella nitida

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Nitidella nitida
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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

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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]

Description

The shell size varies between 9 mm and 16 mm. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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. 1.0 1.1 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

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