Mitra (genus)
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 Mitra strictica
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Vicimitra Iredale, 1929 |
Mitra, the miter shells or miter snails, is a genus of marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitridae. These are medium to large sea snails with shells that are considered attractive to collectors; the shells are solid, high-spired and are often colorful.
The genus is named after the ecclesiastical headgear, the miter, because of the shells' general shape.
[edit] Species
- Mitra barbadensis (Gmelin, 1791) - Barbados miter
- Mitra belcheri Hinds, 1844
- Mitra brasiliensis Oliveira, 1869
- Mitra carbonaria Swainson, 1798
- Mitra crenata Broderip, 1836
- Mitra dolorosa Dall, 1903)
- Mitra flammulata
- Mitra florida Gould, 1856 - Florida miter
- Mitra fultoni E. A. Smith, 1892 - pitted miter
- Mitra grammatula Dall, 1927
- Mitra idae Melvill, 1893 - half-pitted miter
- Mitra larranagai Carcelles, 1947
- Mitra nodulosa (Gmelin, 1791) - beaded miter
- Mitra pallida Nowell-Usticke, 1959
- Mitra saldanha Matthews and Rios, 1970
- Mitra saltata
- Mitra semiferruginea Reeve, 1845
- Mitra straminea A. Adams, 1853 - Gulf Stream miter
- Mitra strictica
- Mitra swainsonii Broderip, 1836 - Antillean miter
- Mitra tristis Broderip, 1836
- Mitra zilpha Dall, 1927
[edit] References
- Mitra (TSN 74512). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
