Mitra pudica

Mitra pudica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Mitra (gastropod)
Subgenus: Nebularia
Species: M. pudica
Binomial name
Mitra pudica
Pease, 1860
Synonyms
  • Mitra (Nebularia) pudica Pease, 1860 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Pterygia pudica (Pease, 1860)

Mitra pudica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mascarene Basin.

References

  • Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.


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