Mitra stictica

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Mitra stictica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Mitra
Species:
M. stictica
Binomial name
Mitra stictica
(Link, 1807)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mitra cardinalisRöding, P.F., 1798
  • Mitra abbatisPerry, G., 1811
  • Mitra pontificalisLamarck, 1811
  • Mitra stricta – misspelling
  • Mitra coronataSchumacher, H.C.F., 1817
  • Voluta thiaraDillwyn, L.W., 1817
  • Mitra confluensDautzenberg, Ph., 1935

Mitra (Mitra) stictica, commonly known as the pontifical mitre, [2] is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the mitres. [1]

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Description

The length of an adult shell varies between 30 and 87 mm (1.2 and 3.4 in). [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the tropical Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania, and in the Pacific Ocean off Fiji, New Zealand, and the Solomons. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2010). Mitra (Mitra) stictica (Link, 1807). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208217 on 2010-12-14
  2. 1 2 "Mitra (Mitra) stictica (Link, 1807)". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  3. "Mitra stictica". Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods (& Near Classes). Retrieved 26 November 2019.