Mitra fulvescens

Mitra (Nebularia) fulvescens
Mitra (Nebularia) fulvescens
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. fulvescens
Binomial name
Mitra (Nebularia) fulvescens Broderip, 1836
Synonyms[1]
Mitra ostergaardi Pilsbry, H.A., 1920 Mitra pararhodia Cate, J.M., 1963

Mitra (Nebularia) fulvescens, common name : the tawny 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 20 mm and 50 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin and in the Western Pacific along Japan.

References

1. ^ Gastropods.com : Mitra (Nebularia) fulvescens; accessed : 10 December 2010
2. ^ Mitra (Nebularia) fulvescens Broderip, 1836.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208221 on 10 December 2010.

• Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 431
• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

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