Mitra variabilis
| Mitra variabilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Mitra |
| Species: | M. variabilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Mitra variabilis Reeve, 1844 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mitra variabilis, common name: the variable 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 46 mm
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean off Australia.
References
- 1 2 Mitra variabilis Reeve, 1844 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 December 2010.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
External links
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