Domiporta filaris

Domiporta filaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Domiporta
Species:	D. filaris
Binomial name
Domiporta filaris (Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms [1]
Cancilla (Domiporta) filaris(Linnaeus, 1771) Cancilla filaris(Linnaeus, 1771) Cancilla filiaris [sic] (misspelling) Domiporta filaris(Linnaeus, C., 1771) Domiporta filosa bernardianaPhilippi, R.A., 1850 Mitra borniiPhilippi, R.A., 1850 Mitra crebrilineataSowerby, G.B. II, 1874 Mitra filaris(Linnaeus, 1771) Mitra filiaris [sic] (misspelling) Mitra nexilis"Martyn, T." Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811 Voluta filarisLinnaeus, 1771 (original combination) Voluta filosaBorn, I. von, 1778 Voluta leucostictaGmelin, J.F., 1791

Domiporta filaris, commonly known as the file mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails. ^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 14 mm and 55 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Chagos and the Mascarene Basin and in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii and Australia.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Domiporta filaris (Linnaeus, 1771). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719034 on 2014-12-05

• Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis of its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43–50
• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

External links

• "Domiporta filaris". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 December 2010.