Condylomitra tuberosa

Condylomitra tuberosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Condylomitra
Species:	C. tuberosa
Binomial name
Condylomitra tuberosa (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms [1]
Mitra patriarchalisLamarck, 1811 Mitra tuberosaReeve, 1845 Pusia meganodosaMacNeil, F.S. 1960 Pusia tuberosa(Reeve, 1845) Vexillum tuberosum(Reeve, 1845)

Condylomitra tuberosa 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 14 mm and 30 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin and in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines, the Fiji Islands and Papua New Guinea; off Australia (New South Wales, Queensland)

References

1. Condylomitra tuberosa . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 14 December 2018.

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• Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. Systematics of the families Mitridae & Volutomitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 8: 1–190
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• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
• Guillot de Suduiraut, E. 2000. Contribution à la connaissance de quelques gastéropides mitriformes e l'archipel des Philippines (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mitridae & Costellariidae). Xenophora. Association française de conchyliologie 89: 8–12

External links

• Gastropods.com : Mitra (Nebularia) tuberosa; accessed : 26 January 2011
• W.O.Cernohorsky, The Mitridae of Fiji - The Veliger v. 8 (1965-1966)