Quasimitra variabilis

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Quasimitra variabilis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Quasimitra
Species:
Q. variabilis
Binomial name
Quasimitra variabilis
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mitra cylindraceaReeve, 1844
  • Mitra polymorphaTomlin, 1920 (unnecessary substitute name for Mitra variabilis, by Tomlin treated as a secondary homonym of Voluta variabilisLink, 1807)
  • Mitra variabilisReeve, 1844

Quasimitra variabilis, common name: the variable mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails. [1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 46 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean off Australia.

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