Mitra stictica
| Mitra (Mitra) stictica | |
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| Five views of a shell of Mitra stictica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Mitra |
| Species: | M. stictica |
| Binomial name | |
| Mitra (Mitra) stictica (Link, 1807) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mitra (Mitra) stictica, commonly known as the pontifical mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters.[1]
Description
The length of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 87 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean off Fiji, New Zealand and the Solomons.
References
- 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2010). Mitra (Mitra) stictica (Link, 1807). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208217 on 2010-12-14
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
- Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis ot its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43-50.
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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