Domiporta filaris

Domiporta filiaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Domiporta
Species: D. filaris
Binomial name
Domiporta filaris
(Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancilla (Domiporta) filaris (Linnaeus, 1771)
  • Cancilla filaris (Linnaeus, 1771)
  • Cancilla filiaris [sic] (misspelling)
  • Domiporta filaris (Linnaeus, C., 1771)
  • Domiporta filosa bernardiana Philippi, R.A., 1850
  • Mitra bornii Philippi, R.A., 1850
  • Mitra crebrilineata Sowerby, G.B. II, 1874
  • Mitra filaris (Linnaeus, 1771)
  • Mitra filiaris [sic] (misspelling)
  • Mitra nexilis "Martyn, T." Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Voluta filaris Linnaeus, 1771 (original combination)
  • Voluta filosa Born, I. von, 1778
  • Voluta leucosticta Gmelin, J.F., 1791

Domiporta filaris, common name : the file mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 14 mm and 55 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Chagos and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean offHawaii; and off Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2014). Domiporta filaris (Linnaeus, 1771). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719034 on 2014-12-05

External links

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