title: Nitidella nitida
text: # Nitidella nitida
  
  Nitidella nitida, common name: the glossy dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
  
  ## Description
  
  The shell size varies between 9 mm and 16 mm.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles, and from Florida to Brazil.
  
  