Mitra stictica

Mitra (Mitra) stictica
Five views of a shell of Mitra stictica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Mitra
Species: M. stictica
Binomial name
Mitra (Mitra) stictica
(Link, 1807)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra cardinalis Röding, P.F., 1798
  • Mitra abbatis Perry, G., 1811
  • Mitra pontificalis Lamarck, 1811
  • Mitra stricta (misspelling)
  • Mitra coronata Schumacher, H.C.F., 1817
  • Voluta thiara Dillwyn, L.W., 1817
  • Mitra confluens Dautzenberg, Ph., 1935

Mitra (Mitra) stictica, commonly known as the pontifical mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters.[1]

Description

The length of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 87 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean off Fiji, New Zealand and the Solomons.

References

  1. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2010). Mitra (Mitra) stictica (Link, 1807). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208217 on 2010-12-14
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis of its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43-50.
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

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