Scabricola ocellata
| Scabricola ocellata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Scabricola |
| Subgenus: | Swainsonia |
| Species: | S. ocellata |
| Binomial name | |
| Scabricola ocellata (Swainson, 1831) | |
Scabricola ocellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
Description
The shell is roughly spindle-shaped, white towards the apex and brown towards the base, with striations and a row of reddish spots.
References
- ↑ Scabricola ocellata (Swainson, 1831). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 04/24/10.
External links
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