Mitra bernhardina

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]
  • Mitra muriculata Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Mitra (Tiara) stefaninii Nardini, 1934
  • Pusia muriculata (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Vexillum bernhardina (Röding, 1798)
  • Vexillum (Pusia) bernhardina (Röding, P.F., 1798)

Mitra (Nebularia) bernhardina 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 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. ^ a b Mitra (Nebularia) bernhardina (Röding, 1798).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=417008 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

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