Mitra imperialis

Mitra (Mitra) imperialis
Mitra (Mitra) imperialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Mitra
Species: M. imperialis
Binomial name
Mitra (Mitra) imperialis
Röding, 1798
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra digitalis (Link, 1807)
  • Voluta digitalis Link, H.F., 1807
  • Mitra millepora Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Voluta cribum Dillwyn, L.W., 1817
  • Mitra koolhoveni Oostingh, C.H., 1939

Mitra (Mitra) imperialis, common name : the imperial 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 37 mm and 65 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Fiji and the Solomons

References

  1. ^ a b Mitra (Mitra) imperialis Röding, 1798.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208262 on 11 December 2010.

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