Mitra luctuosa

Mitra (Nebularia) luctuosa
Mitra (Nebularia) luctuosa
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. luctuosa
Binomial name
Mitra (Nebularia) luctuosa A. Adams, 1813
Synonyms[1]
Mitra rutila Adams, A., 1853 Mitra nigricans Pease, W.H., 1865 Mitra lamberti Souverbie, S.M., 1875 Mitra astyridiformis Melvill, J.C., 1888 Mitra townsendi Melvill, J.C., 1904 Mitra albocoronata Schepman, M.M., 1911 Mitra alcida Cate, J.M., 1963 Mitra diamantina Cate, J.M., 1963

Mitra (Nebularia) luctuosa 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 16 mm and 35 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, the Mascarene Basin, Mozambique, Transkei (RFA) and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia.

References

1. ^ Gastropods.com : Mitra (Nebularia) luctuosa; accessed : 10 December 2010
2. ^ Mitra (Nebularia) luctuosa A. Adams, 1813.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208254 on 10 December 2010.

• Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 443
• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

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