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Mitra (Nebularia) avenacea 
Mitra (Nebularia) avenacea Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Muricoidea Family: Mitridae Genus: Mitra Subgenus: Nebularia Species: M. avenacea Binomial name Mitra avenacea
Reeve, 1845Synonyms[1] - Mitra hanleyi Sowerby, 1874
- Mitra (Nebularia) indentata Orbigny, A.V.M.D. d', 1841
- Mitra indentata Sowerby, 1874
Mitra (Nebularia) avenacea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[2]
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Description
The shell size varies between 12 mm and 32 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Indonesia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea
'Mitra (Nebularia) avenacea', abapertural view
References
- ^ OBIS : Mitra (Nebularia) avenacea
- ^ Mitra avenacea Reeve, 1845. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208245 on 04/24/10.
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 411
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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