Mitra eremitarum
| Mitra (Mitra) eremitarum | |
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| Mitra (Mitra) eremitarum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Mitra |
| Subgenus: | Mitra |
| Species: | M. eremitarum |
| Binomial name | |
| Mitra (Mitra) eremitarum Röding, 1798 | |
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Mitra (Mitra) eremitarum, common name : the Adusta Mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[2]
Description
The shell size varies between 38 mm and 86 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Pacific Ocean along Fiji, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines.
References
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Mitra (Mitra) eremitarum; accessed : 10 December 2010
- ↑ Mitra (Mitra) eremitarum Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 December 2010.
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 324
External links
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