Nitidella nitida

Nitidella nitida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Nitidella
Species:	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

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.

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

• 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

External links

• Gastropods.com : Nitidella nitida; accessed : 5 November 2010