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Nitidella

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Nitidella
Nitidella nitida shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Nitidella
Swainson, 1840[1]
Type species
Tubercliopsis capricornia Laseron, 1956
Synonyms
  • Anachis (Nitidella) Swainson, 1840
  • Columbella (Nitidella) Swainson, 1840

Nitidella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[2]

Species

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Species within the genus Nitidella include:

Synonyms
  • Nitidella carinata (Hinds, 1844): synonym of Alia carinata (Hinds, 1844)
  • Nitidella cribraria (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Mitrella ocellata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Nitidella densilineata Carpenter, 1864: synonym of Mitrella densilineata (Carpenter, 1864) (original combination)
  • Nitidella elegans Dall, 1871: synonym of Mitrella elegans (Dall, 1871) (original combination)
  • Nitidella filosa Stearns, 1873: synonym of Aesopus stearnsii (Tryon, 1883) (invalid: junior secondary homonym of Aesopus filosus Angas, 1867; C. strearnsii is a replacement name)
  • Nitidella gouldii Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Alia carinata (Hinds, 1844) (original combination)
  • Nitidella guttata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832): synonym of Mitrella guttata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) (incorrect generic combination)
  • Nitidella hendersoni Dall, 1908: synonym of Rhombinella laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior synonym)
  • Nitidella incerta Stearns, 1892: synonym of Falsuszafrona incerta (Stearns, 1892) (original combination)
  • Nitidella laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Rhombinella laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Nitidella lutulenta Dall, 1919: synonym of Mitrella gausapata (A. Gould, 1850)
  • Nitidella marmorata Swainson, 1840: synonym of Nitidella nitida (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Nitidella millepunctata Carpenter, 1864: synonym of Mitrella millepunctata (Carpenter, 1864) (original combination)
  • Nitidella ocellina F. Nordsieck, 1975: synonym of Mitrella broderipii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)

References

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  1. ^ Swainson (1840). Treat. Malacol. 151, 313.
  2. ^ Nitidella. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 04/17/10.
  3. ^ Nitidella nitida (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
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