Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Buccinoidea Genus Mitrella Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Columbellidae Scientific name Mitrella scripta Rank Species | |
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Similar Mitrella, Columbella rustica, Amphissa, Rissoina bruguieri, Clanculus cruciatus | ||
Mitrella scripta, common name : the music dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
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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
Mitrella scripta Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA