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Nitidella nitida J. B. Lamarck, 1822

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Columbellidae - Dove Shells »  genus Nitidella

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Nitidella nitida

Author: Jan Delsing

Nitidella nitida

Author: Jan Delsing

Nitidella nitida

Author: Rehder, H.A.

Nitidella nitida

Author: Daccarett, E.Y. & Bossio, V.S.

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Description

Shell oblong-oval, with about seven slightly convex whorls; spire moderately elevated; aperture elongate, narrow above, somewhat effuse below; outer lip thickened a little, thicker in the middle, where it is straight or faintly incurved, ascending the spire above, toothed within, the spaces between the teeth darker. There are two small, scarcely oblique ridges below the middle of the columella. Shell smooth and shining throughout, reddish-brown blotched and spotted with white, the light barkings generally forming a faint band below the suture and below middle of body whorl.
Length, 15; diameter, 8 mm.
Dall, W.H. & Simpson, C.T., 1901. The Mollusca of Porto Rico.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Nitidella nitida Lamarck, 1822]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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