Mitra variabilis

Mitra variabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Mitra
Species: M. variabilis
Binomial name
Mitra variabilis
Reeve, 1844
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra cylindracea Reeve, 1844
  • Mitra polymorpha Tomlin, J.R. le B., 1920

Mitra variabilis, common name: the variable 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 varies between 20 mm and 46 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean off Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 Mitra variabilis Reeve, 1844 .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 December 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III


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