Mitrella nympha

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

Mitrella nympha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Mitrella
Species:	M. nympha
Binomial name
Mitrella nympha (Kiener, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
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

Description

Members of the order Neogastropoda are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. After birth, Mitrella nympha embryos develop into planktonic trochophore 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]

Distribution

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