Nitidella nitida
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| image_caption = Nitidella nitida shell
| taxon = Nitidella nitida
| authority = (Lamarck, 1822)
| synonyms =*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
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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.{{WRMS species|420006|Nitidella nitida (Lamarck, 1822)||5 November 2010}}
Description
The shell size varies between 9 mm and 16 mm.[https://sealifebase.se/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4623&lang=english Sealife Base website, Nitidella nitida] Its orange-brown coloring has some white spots.[https://www.seahorseandco.com/shells/glossy-dove-shell Seahorse & Co website, Glossy Dove Shell, article by Chandler Olsen dated 18 April 2024]
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
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- 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|key=6|id=1916|title=Nitidella nitida|access-date=5 November 2010}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1822
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