Scabricola bicolor

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Scabricola bicolor
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Scabricola
Species:
S. bicolor
Binomial name
Scabricola bicolor
(Swainson, 1824)
Synonyms [1]
  • Imbricaria bicolor(Swainson, 1824)
  • Imbricaria filumWood, 1828
  • Mitra bicolorSwainson, 1824
  • Swainsonia bicolor(Swainson, 1824)

Scabricola bicolor 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 species was first described by William Swainson under the name Mitra bicolor. The shell is smooth, polished, fusiform, white, with a brown central band. It seldom exceeds three-quarters of an inch in length. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off East Africa; in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar; Mauritius; Comoros; Seychelles

References

  1. 1 2 Scabricola bicolor (Swainson, 1824) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 December 2018.
  2. ↑ William Swainson (1829). "Zoological Illustrations Series II". Vol. I. Plate 19. Retrieved 24 Oct 2013.


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