Mitra pyramis

Mitra (Nebularia) pyramis
Mitra (Nebularia) pyramis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Mitra
Subgenus: Nebularia
Species: M. pyramis
Binomial name
Mitra (Nebularia) pyramis
(Wood, 1828)

Mitra (Nebularia) pyramis, common name : the Pyramis 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 is 50 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean in the Mascarene Basin and in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

  1. ^ Mitra (Nebularia) pyramis (Wood, 1828).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208263 on 10 December 2010.

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