Mitra litterata

Mitra (Strigatella) litterata
Mitra (Strigatella) litterata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Mitra
Subgenus: Strigatella
Species: M. litterata
Binomial name
Mitra (Strigatella) litterata
Lamarck, 1811
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra litterata Lamarck, 1811
  • Columbella bizonalis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
  • Mitra bizonalis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
  • Mitra hebraea Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
  • Columbella hebraea Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
  • Mitra leopardina Küster, H.C., 1839
  • Mitra anaiis Lesson, R.P., 1842
  • Mitra maculosa Reeve, L.A., 1844
  • Mitra inversicolor Dautzenberg, Ph. & J.L. Bouge, 1923
  • Mitra major Dautzenberg, Ph. & J.L. Bouge, 1923

Mitra (Strigatella) litterata 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 11 mm and 35 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique and Transkei (RSA); in the Western Pacific Ocean along Australia, Papua New Guinea, Okinawa, the Philippines and Indonesia.

References

  1. 1 2 Mitra (Strigatella) litterata Lamarck, 1811.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 December 2010.
  • Taylor, J.D. (1971). Intertidal Zonation at Aldabra Atoll. Phil. Trns. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 260, 173-213
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 482
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
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