{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Speciesbox | image = Mitrella scripta 01.JPG | image_caption = Shell of ''Mitrella scripta'' | taxon = Mitrella scripta | authority = (Linnaeus, 1758) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS"/> | synonyms = {{Collapsible list|bullets=on |''Buccinum corniculatum'' <small>Lamarck, 1822</small> |''Buccinum linneai'' <small>Payraudeau, 1826</small> |''Buccinum linneai'' var. ''lactea'' <small>Philippi, 1836</small> |''Buccinum linneai'' var. ''major'' <small>Philippi, 1836</small> |''Columbella scripta'' var. ''abbreviata'' <small>Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882</small> |''Columbella scripta'' var. ''albida'' <small>Monterosato, 1878</small> |''Columbella scripta'' var. ''brevis'' <small>Monterosato, 1875</small> |''Columbella scripta'' var. ''elongata'' <small>Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882</small> |''Columbella scripta'' var. ''flammulata'' <small>Monterosato, 1878</small> |''Columbella scripta'' var. ''flammulata'' <small>Pallary, 1900</small> |''Columbella scripta'' var. ''flavida'' <small>Monterosato, 1878</small> |''Columbella scripta'' var. ''major'' <small>Monterosato, 1878</small> |''Columbella scripta'' var. ''minor'' <small>Monterosato, 1878</small> |''Columbella scripta'' var. ''turgida'' <small>Monterosato, 1878</small> |''Columbella scripta'' var. ''unifasciata'' <small>Monterosato, 1878</small> |''Columbella scripta'' var. ''variegata'' <small>Monterosato, 1878</small> |''Fusus glaber'' <small>Risso, 1826</small> |''Mitrella flaminea'' <small>Risso, 1826</small> |''Mitrella scripta'' var. ''acutalis'' <small>Monterosato, 1923</small> |''Mitrella syrtiaca'' <small>Pallary, 1908</small> |''Murex conulus'' <small>Olivi, 1792</small> |''Murex scriptus'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>(basionym) |''Pisania laevigata'' <small>Bivona-Bernardi, 1832</small> |''Purpura corniculata'' <small>Risso, 1826</small> |''Purpura lamarckii'' <small>Risso, 1826</small> |''Pyrene scripta'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>}} }}
'''''Mitrella scripta''''', the '''music dove shell''', is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|139207|''Mitrella scripta'' (Linnaeus, 1758)||18 January 2011}}</ref>
==Description== The shell of an adult ''Mitrella scripta'' grows to a length of about {{convert|18|mm}}. This sea snail is a high spired, biconic columbellid with smooth, unsculptured shells and a denticulated inner surface of the external lip. The surface of the shell usually is white with a patching of pale brown on the whorls.
==Distribution== This species occurs in European waters (Spain, Portugal, Madeira), the Mediterranean Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania.
==References== {{Reflist}} * Spry, J.F. (1961). ''The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods'' * Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001).'' Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{Gastropods.com|key=2|id=3132|title=''Mitrella scripta''|access-date=18 January 2011}} * [http://biostor.org/reference/101914.text Sociedad Española de Malacologia] * M. deMaintenon [http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/cgi/t/text/get-pdf?c=zoomed;idno=8202a34 The Columbellidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) collected at Ambon during the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition] * {{SealifePhotos|139207}}
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scripta Category:Gastropods described in 1758 Category:Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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