Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Buccinoidea Genus Nitidella Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Columbellidae Scientific name Nitidella nitida Rank Species | |
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Similar Columbella mercatoria, Pardalinops testudinaria, Cotonopsis lafresnayi, Cosmioconcha, Columbella adansoni | ||
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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.
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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
Nitidella nitida Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA