Mitra pyramis
| Mitra (Nebularia) pyramis | |
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| Mitra (Nebularia) pyramis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Mitra |
| Subgenus: | Nebularia |
| Species: | M. pyramis |
| Binomial name | |
| Mitra (Nebularia) pyramis (Wood, 1828) | |
Mitra (Nebularia) pyramis, common name : the Pyramis 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 is 50 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean in the Mascarene Basin and in the Indo-West Pacific.
References
- ↑ Mitra (Nebularia) pyramis (Wood, 1828). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 December 2010.
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 424
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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