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Mitra (Mitra) imperialis Mitra (Mitra) imperialis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Muricoidea Family: Mitridae Genus: Mitra Species: M. imperialis Binomial name Mitra (Mitra) imperialis
Röding, 1798Synonyms[1] - Mitra digitalis (Link, 1807)
- Voluta digitalis Link, H.F., 1807
- Mitra millepora Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
- Voluta cribum Dillwyn, L.W., 1817
- Mitra koolhoveni Oostingh, C.H., 1939
Mitra (Mitra) imperialis, common name : the imperial 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 37 mm and 65 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Fiji and the Solomons
References
- ^ a b Mitra (Mitra) imperialis Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208262 on 11 December 2010.
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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