Mitra cucumerina

Mitra (Nebularia) cucumerina
Mitra (Nebularia) cucumerina
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. cucumerina
Binomial name
Mitra (Nebularia) cucumerina Lamarck, 1811
Synonyms[1]
Voluta turricula Holten, H.S., 1802 Voluta ferrugata Dillwyn, L.W., 1817 Mitra globosa Mörch, O.A.L., 1852 Mitra connectens Dautzenberg, Ph. & J.L. Bouge, 192

Mitra (Nebularia) cucumerina, common name : the kettle mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.^[2]

Description

The shell size varies between 9 mm and 35 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, Mauritius, and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along Fiji, the Solomons Islands, the Philippines, Okinawa, Australia, Papua New Guinea Mauritius

References

1. ^ Gastropods.com : Mitra (Nebularia) cucumerina; accessed : 10 December 2010
2. ^ Mitra (Nebularia) cucumerina Lamarck, 1811.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208273 on 10 December 2010.

• Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 400
• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

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