Gemmulimitra boucheti

Gemmulimitra boucheti
Shell of Gemmulimitra boucheti (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Mitroidea
Family:	Mitridae
Subfamily:	Mitrinae
Genus:	Gemmulimitra
Species:	G. boucheti
Binomial name
Gemmulimitra boucheti (Cernohorsky, 1988)
Synonyms [1]
Mitra (Nebularia) bouchetiCernohorsky, 1988 Mitra bouchetiCernohorsky, 1988

Gemmulimitra boucheti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion.

References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Gemmulimitra boucheti (Cernohorsky, 1988). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1060780 on 2019-01-04
2. Cernohorsky, W. O. (1988). "The Mitridae, Costellariidae, and Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Recently Dredged at Reunion Island, Indian Ocean, with Descriptions of New Species". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum . 25: 75–85. ISSN   0067-0464. JSTOR   42906386. Wikidata   Q58677347.

External links

• 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