Strigatella paupercula

Strigatella paupercula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Strigatella
Species:	S. paupercula
Binomial name
Strigatella paupercula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms [1] [2]
Mitra lineataSchumacher, 1817 (junior synonym) Mitra paupercula(Linnaeus, 1758) Mitra radiata Schumacher, 1817 Mitra venosa Röding, 1798 Mitra (Strigatella) paupercula var. obtusata Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923 Voluta paupercula Linnaeus, 1758

Strigatella paupercula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails. ^[1]

Description

The S. paupercula is a relatively small member of the Mitridae with black-and-white or brown-and-white zebra stripes. Common size is 30mm. ^[3]

Distribution

This species has a broad Indo-Pacific distribution, including but not limited to East Africa, the Indian Ocean coast of Southern Africa, Japan, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea. ^[1]

Strigatella paupercula

References

1. Strigatella paupercula (Linnaeus, 1758) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 12 December 2018.
2. OBIS: Mitra (Strigatella) paupercula
3. Trausel, Joop; Slieker, Frans. "WoRMS image - Strigatella paupercula". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

• Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2008). Mitridae. pp. 330–417, in: G.T. Poppe (ed.), Philippine marine mollusks, volume 2. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 848 pp

External links

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.
• Röding, P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp.
• Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls.
• Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(2): 253-337