Nitidella nitida
Species of gastropod
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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.[1]
| Nitidella nitida | |
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| Nitidella nitida shell | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Nitidella |
| Species: | N. nitida |
| Binomial name | |
| Nitidella nitida (Lamarck, 1822) | |
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Description
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.
