Domiporta praestantissima

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Domiporta praestantissima
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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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.

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