Strigatella imperialis

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Strigatella imperialis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Strigatella
Species:
S. imperialis
Binomial name
Strigatella imperialis
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mitra digitalis (Link, 1807)
  • Mitra (Mitra) imperialis Röding, 1798
  • Voluta digitalis Link, H.F., 1807

Strigatella imperialis (common name: imperial 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 37 mm and 65 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Fiji and the Solomons. From 1863 to 2013, there have been 65 to 80 instances of this species along these areas, although most of them have been dropped. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Strigatella imperialis (Röding, 1798) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 12 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Strigatella imperialis (Röding, 1798) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System". obis.org. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
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