Mitra acuminata

Mitra (Strigatella) acuminata
Mitra (Strigatella) acuminata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Mitra
Subgenus: Strigatella
Species: M. acuminata
Binomial name
Mitra (Strigatella) cuminata
Swainson, 1824
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra lutea Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard, 1833
  • Mitreala acuminatuma (misspelling)

Mitra (Strigatella) acuminata, common name : the Acuminate Mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 17 mm and 35 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomons, Fiji and Australia.

References

  1. ^ a b Mitra (Strigatella) acuminata Swainson, 1824.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208267 on 10 December 2010.