Episcomitra cornicula

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Episcomitra cornicula
Episcomitra cornicula (MNHN-IM-2000-30245).jpeg
Shell of Episcomitra cornicula (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Subfamily: Mitrinae
Genus: Episcomitra
Species:
E. cornicula
Binomial name
Episcomitra cornicula
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mitra (Mitra) cornicula(Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Mitra buccinoideaRisso, 1826
  • Mitra cornea var. minorWeinkauff, 1868
  • Mitra cornicula(Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Mitra cornicula var. glandinaPallary, 1903
  • Mitra cornicularisLamarck, 1822
  • Mitra corniculum[sic]
  • Mitra corniculum var. brusinaeKobelt, 1901
  • Mitra corniculum var. contrariaBrusina, 1866
  • Mitra corniculum var. nigraPallary, 1920
  • Mitra glabraRisso, 1826
  • Mitra grajaReeve, 1845
  • Mitra inflataRisso, 1826
  • Mitra insolataSowerby G.B. II, 1874
  • Mitra lacteaPhilippi, 1836
  • Mitra laevigataBosc, 1801
  • Mitra lutescensLamarck, 1811
  • Mitra mediaRisso, 1826
  • Mitra nitensRisso, 1826
  • Mitra nitidaA. Adams, 1853
  • Mitra obtusaLocard, 1886
  • Mitra philippianaForbes, 1844
  • Mitra simplexSowerby G.B. II, 1874
  • Mitra spongiarumMenke, 1829
  • Voluta corniculaLinnaeus, 1758
  • Voluta laevigataGmelin, 1791
  • Voluta schroeteriLink, 1807

Episcomitra cornicula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails. [1] [2]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 11 mm and 40 mm.

The shell is short, solid, ventricose and chestnut. The whorls are rounded, the body whorl ventricose in the middle, contracted below, with two or three spiral grooves. The outer lip is flexuous. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean and in tropical seas.

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Episcomitra cornicula (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1060398 on 2019-01-04
  2. Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(2): 253-337.
  3. Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published