Mitra doliolum

Mitra (Nebularia) doliolum
Mitra (Nebularia) doliolum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Mitra (gastropod)
Subgenus:	Nebularia
Species:	M. doliolum
Binomial name
Mitra (Nebularia)doliolum Küster, 1839
Synonyms
Mitra rotundilirata Reeve, L.A., 1844

Mitra (Nebularia) doliolum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 17 mm and 30 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific, along Fiji, the Solomons Islands and New Guinea.

References

1. ^ Mitra (Nebularia) doliolum Küster, 1839.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416844 on 6 December 2010.

• Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 413

External links

• Gastropods.com : Mitra (Nebularia) doliolum; accessed : 6 December 2010

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