Mitra subflava

Mitra (Mitra) subflava
Mitra (Mitra) subflava
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Mitra
Subgenus:	Mitra
Species:	M. subflava
Binomial name
Mitra (Mitra) subflava (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)

Mitra (Mitra) subflava 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 25 mm and 65 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Japan and the Philippines.

References

1. ^ Mitra (Mitra) subflava (Kuroda & Habe, 1971).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416828 on 10 December 2010.

• Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 352

External links

• Gastropods.com : Mitra (Mitra) subflava; accessed : 10 December 2010