Mitra fastigium

Mitra fastigium
Mitra (Strigatella) fastigium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Mitra
Subgenus: Strigatella
Species: M. fastigium
Binomial name
Mitra (Strigatella) fastigium
Reeve, 1845
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra punctata Swainson, W.A., 1829
  • Mitra fuscescens Pease, W.H., 1860
  • Mitra brunnea Pease, 1868
  • Mitra nitilina (Spry, 1961)
  • Strigatella brunnea (Pease, 1868)
  • Strigatella nitilina Spry, 1961

Mitra(Strigatella) fastigium 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 31 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Tanzania and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along New Zealand

References

  1. ^ a b Mitra (Strigatella) fastigium Reeve, 1845.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208229 on 14 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): 494
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp

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