Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Buccinoidea > Family Columbellidae > Genus Mitrella

Mitrella scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Murex Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mitrella*	Risso, 1826	accepted genus name
*Columbella (Columbellopsis)*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882	synonym
*Columbella (Mitrella)*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Columbellopsis*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882	synonym
*Pyrene (Mitrella)*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Species group names

*Buccinum corniculatum*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym
*Buccinum linnaei*	Payraudeau, 1826	synonym
*Buccinum linnaei var. lactea*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Buccinum linnaei var. major*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Columbella (Mitrella) scripta*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Columbella (Mitrella) scripta var. brevis*	Monterosato, 1875	synonym
*Columbella scripta*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Columbella scripta var. abbreviata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882	synonym
*Columbella scripta var. albida*	Monterosato, 1878	synonym; nom. nud.
*Columbella scripta var. brevis*	Monterosato, 1875	synonym; nom. nud.
*Columbella scripta var. flammulata*	Pallary, 1900	synonym; nom. nud.
*Columbella scripta var. flammulata*	Monterosato, 1878	synonym; nom. nud.
*Columbella scripta var. flavida*	Monterosato, 1878	synonym; nom. nud.
*Columbella scripta var. major*	Monterosato, 1878	synonym; nom. nud.
*Columbella scripta var. minor*	Monterosato, 1878	synonym; nom. nud.
*Columbella scripta var. turgida*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882	synonym
*Columbella scripta var. unifasciata*	Monterosato, 1878	synonym; nom. nud.
*Columbella scripta var. variegata*	Monterosato, 1878	synonym; nom. nud.
*Fusus glaber*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Mitrella flaminea*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Mitrella scripta var. acutalis*	Monterosato, 1923	synonym
*Murex conulus*	Olivi, 1792	synonym
*Pisania laevigata*	Bivona e Bernardi, 1832	synonym
*Purpura corniculata*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Purpura lamarchii*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Pyrene scripta*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: music dovesnail sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Schlanke Birnenschnecke; Schrifttäubchen

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Monsecour, K. (2010). Checklist of Columbellidae. pers. comm.
additional source	Chiarelli S., Micali P. & Quadri P. (2003). Note su alcune specie mediterranee del genere Mitrella Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda, Muricidae). Bollettino Malacologico. 38 (9-12): 171-183.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mitrella scripta (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139207