Nitidella

Nitidella
Nitidella nitida shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Nitidella Swainson, 1840
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.

Species

Species within the genus Nitidella include:

• Nitidella nitida (Lamarck, 1822)

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

External links

• Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp.

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