- Mitra acuminata
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Mitra (Strigatella) acuminata 
Mitra (Strigatella) acuminata Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Muricoidea Family: Mitridae Genus: Mitra Subgenus: Strigatella Species: M. acuminata Binomial name Mitra (Strigatella) cuminata
Swainson, 1824Synonyms[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
- ^ 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.
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 492
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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