Mitra tuberosa
| Mitra tuberosa | |
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| Mitra tuberosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Mitra |
| Species: | M. tuberosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Mitra tuberosa Reeve, 1845 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mitra tuberosa 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 30 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, the Fiji Islands and Papua New Guinea.
References
- 1 2 Mitra tuberosa . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 January 2011.
- Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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