Strigatella litterata

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Strigatella litterata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Strigatella
Species:
S. litterata
Binomial name
Strigatella litterata
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mitra (Strigatella) litterataLamarck, 1811
  • Mitra anaisLesson, 1842
  • Mitra leopardinaKüster, 1839 (junior synonym)
  • Mitra litterataLamarck, 1811 (original combination)
  • Mitra maculosaReeve, L.A., 1844

Strigatella litterata 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 11 mm and 35 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique and Transkei (RSA); in the Western Pacific Ocean along Australia, Papua New Guinea, Okinawa, the Philippines and Indonesia.

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