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Mitra (Nebularia) puncticulata 
Mitra puncticulata Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Muricoidea Family: Mitridae Genus: Mitra Subgenus: Nebularia Species: M. puncticulata Binomial name Mitra (Nebularia) puncticulata
Lamarck, 1811Synonyms[1] - Mitra diadema Swainson, W.A., 1822
- Mitra serpentina Wood, 1825
Mitra (Nebularia) puncticulata, common name : the punctured mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[2]
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Description
The shell size varies between 25 mm and 57 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Central Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Okinawa, Australia and Papua New Guinea.
References
- ^ Gastropods.com : Mitra (Mitra) puncticulata; accessed : 10 December 2010
- ^ Mitra (Nebularia) puncticulata Lamarck, 1811. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208274 on 10 December 2010.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 447
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