Domiporta praestantissima

Domiporta praestantissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Domiporta
Species:	D. praestantissima
Binomial name
Domiporta praestantissima (Röding, 1758)
Synonyms [1]
Cancilla (Domiporta) praestantissima(Röding, 1798) Cancilla praestantissima(Röding, 1798) Mitra praestantissimaRöding, 1798 Subcancilla praestantissima(Röding, 1798)

Domiporta praestantissima, the most superior mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the miter snail family. ^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 61 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean off Polynesia and off Japan.

References

1. Domiporta praestantissima (Röding, 1798) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 December 2018.

• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
• Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
• Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2008). Mitridae. pp. 330–417, in: G.T. Poppe (ed.), Philippine marine mollusks, volume 2. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 848 pp.

External links

• Gastropods.com : Domiporta praestantissima; accessed : 15 December 2010