''Mitrella scripta'', the music dove shell, is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
in the
family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Description
The shell of an adult ''Mitrella scripta'' grows to a length of about . 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
)
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), the
Mediterranean Sea and in the Indian Ocean off
Tanzania.
References
* 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
*
Sociedad Española de Malacologia* M. deMaintenon
The Columbellidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) collected at Ambon during the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition*
scripta
Gastropods described in 1758
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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