Mitra edentula

Mitra edentula
Mitra (Dibaphus) edentula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Mitra
Subgenus: Dibaphus
Species: M. edentula
Binomial name
Mitra (Dibaphus) edentula
Swainson, 1823
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus edentulus Reeve, 1844
  • Mitra edentulus Reeve 1844 (misspelling)
  • Mitra philippi Crosse, H., 1858

Mitra (Dibaphus) edentula, common name : the toothless 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 20 mm and 40 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra and the Mascarene Basin

References

  1. ^ a b Mitra (Dibaphus) edentula Swainson, 1823.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416893 on 11 December 2010.
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 469
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
  • Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition

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