Mitra edentula

Mitra (Dibaphus) edentula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Mitra
Subgenus: Dibaphus
Species: M. edentula
Binomial name
Mitra (Dibaphus) edentula
Swainson, 1823
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus edentulus Reeve, 1844
  • Mitra edentulus Reeve 1844 (misspelling)
  • Mitra philippi Crosse, H., 1858

Mitra (Dibaphus) edentula, common name : the toothless 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 20 mm and 40 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra and the Mascarene Basin

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