Mitra tuberosa

Mitra tuberosa
Mitra tuberosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Mitra
Species: M. tuberosa
Binomial name
Mitra tuberosa
Reeve, 1845
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra elegantula Küster, H.C., 1839
  • Pusia tuberosa (Reeve, 1845)
  • Vexillum tuberosum (Reeve, 1845)

Mitra tuberosa 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 14 mm and 30 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, the Fiji Islands and Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. 1 2 Mitra tuberosa .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 January 2011.
  • Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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