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]

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.

• Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 424
• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

External links

• Gastropods.com : Mitra (Nebularia) pyramis; accessed : 10 December 2010