Scabricola olivaeformis | |
---|---|
| |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Mitridae |
Genus: | Scabricola |
Species: | S. olivaeformis |
Binomial name | |
Scabricola olivaeformis (Swainson, 1821) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
|
Scabricola olivaeformis, common name the olive-shaped mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miter shells or miter snails. [2]
This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific off the Mascarene Basin and Réunion; in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines, Hawaii, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Japan and Okinawa
The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 21 mm