Probata barbadensis

Probata barbadensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Probata
Species:	P. barbadensis
Binomial name
Probata barbadensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms [1]
Murex zebrula Meuschen, 1787 Mitra barbadensis (Gmelin, 1791) Voluta barbadensis Gmelin, 1791 Voluta striatula Schröter, 1804 Mitra santomensis Félix-Alves & Fernandes, 1989

Probata barbadensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails. ^[2]

Description

This species attains a size around 45 mm.

Distribution

Relatively shallow water off the coast of east Florida, the Florida Keys, the Caribbean Region, and the western Atlantic south to eastern Brazil.

References

1. Malacolog : Mitra barbadensis
2. Probata barbadensis (Gmelin, 1791) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 14 December 2018.