Biology:Mitrella nympha

Mitrella nympha
	Perserved specimen
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
	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, a marine gastropod mollusk 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 .

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Mitrella nympha

Perserved specimen
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^[1]
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