Mitra variabilis

Mitra variabilis
Mitra variabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Mitra
Species: M. variabilis
Binomial name
Mitra variabilis
Reeve, 1844
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra cylindracea Reeve, 1844
  • Mitra polymorpha Tomlin, J.R. le B., 1920

Mitra variabilis, common name : the variable 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 46 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean along Australia.

References

  1. ^ a b Mitra variabilis Reeve, 1844.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208228 on 11 December 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III

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