Mitrella nympha

Mitrella nympha
	Shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Mitrella
Species:	M. nympha
Binomial name
	Mitrella nympha; (Kiener, 1841)
Synonyms
	List Columbella alabastroides var. illibata Hervier, 1899 ; Columbella articulata Souverbie, 1864 ; Columbella articulata var. flavidula Hervier, 1899 ; Columbella articulata var. pallidior Hervier, 1899 ; Columbella articulata var. retiaria Hervier, 1899 ; Columbella articulata var. subnympha Hervier, 1899 ; Columbella carolinae Smith, 1876 ; Columbella carolinae var. bifloccata Hervier, 1899 ; Columbella carolinae var. nivosula Hervier, 1899 ; Columbella eximia Reeve, 1859 ; Columbella eximia var. candescens Hervier, 1899 ; Columbella eximia var. incerta Hervier, 1899 ; Columbella eximia var. tremulina Hervier, 1899 ; Columbella fusiformis Pease, 1868 ; Columbella galaxias Reeve, 1859 ; Columbella galaxias var. exolescens Hervier, 1899 ; Columbella nivosula Hervier, R.P.J., 1899 ; Columbella nubeculata Reeve, 1859 ; Columbella nubeculata var. obnubila Hervier, 1899 ; Columbella nympha Kiener, 1841 (basionym) ; Columbella pusilla Pease, 1862 ; Columbella venulata G.B. Sowerby III, 1894 ; Columbella venulata var. interpuncta Hervier, 1899;

Mitrella nympha is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.^[1]

Description

Members of the order Neogastropoda are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. After birth, Mitrella nympha embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae, then into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.

Their shells vary between 9 mm and 13 mm in size and are in the shape of narrow tapered spirals.^[2]

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off the Philippines.

^ ^a ^b Mitrella nympha. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 November 2010.
^ ""Mitrella nympha"". Retrieved 29 December 2018.

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