Domiporta carnicolor

Domiporta carnicolor
Shell of Domiporta carnicolor (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Domiporta
Species:	D. carnicolor
Binomial name
Domiporta carnicolor (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms [1]
Cancilla (Domiporta) carnicolor(Reeve, 1844) Cancilla carnicolor(Reeve, 1844) Mitra carnicolorReeve, 1844 (original combination)

Domiporta carnicolor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails. ^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene basin.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Domiporta carnicolor (Reeve, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719023 on 2014-12-05

• Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN   2-603-00654-1. 159 pp