Mitra bernhardina
| Mitra (Nebularia) bernhardina | |
|---|---|
| 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. bernhardina |
| Binomial name | |
| Mitra (Nebularia) bernhardina (Röding, 1798) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mitra (Nebularia) bernhardina 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 12 mm and 30 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Mozambique, Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin and in the Pacific Ocean along Queensland, the Solomons Islands, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mitra (Nebularia) bernhardina (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 January 2011.
- Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice