Mitrella scripta

Mitrella scripta
	Shell of Mitrella scripta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Mitrella
Species:	M. scripta
Binomial name
	Mitrella scripta; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	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);

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

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

^ ^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