Strigatella aurantia

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Strigatella aurantia
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Shell of Strigatella aurantia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Strigatella
Species:
S. aurantia
Binomial name
Strigatella aurantia
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Mitra minutaRöding, P.F., 1798
  • Mitra aurantia(Gmelin, 1791)
  • Mitra limacinaLamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Mitra peroniiLamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Mitra crassaSwainson, 1822
  • Mitra micheliniiGuérin-Méneville, 1831
  • Mitra obliquaLesson, R.P., 1842
  • Mitra limbiferaLamarck, 1844
  • Mitra caeligenaReeve, L.A., 1844
  • Mitra consolidataSowerby, G.B. II & III, 1874
  • Nebularia aurantia(Gmelin, 1791)
  • Strigatella crassa(Swainson, 1822)
  • Voluta aurantia Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)

Strigatella aurantia (common name: orange 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 adult shell size varies between 21 mm and 58 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean at Mozambique, and in the Pacific Ocean at Papua New Guinea and the Solomons.

Strigatella aurantia aurantia forma nanus Strigatella coronata 02.jpg
Strigatella aurantia aurantia forma nanus

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