| Strigatella testacea | |
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| Sowerby's illustration accompanying Reeve's 1844 description. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Strigatella |
| Species: | S. testacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Strigatella testacea | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Strigatella testacea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails. [1]
William Broderip described the species as Mitra testacea in 1836; the holotype had been collected by Hugh Cuming. [2]
Heinrich Wolfgang Ludwig Dohrn described M. antoni in 1860 from a specimen also in Cuming's collection. [3] Dohrn classified this species as a junior synonym of M. testacea in 1861. [4] Dohrn's M. antoni should not be confused with M. antonii Küster, 1839, sometimes taken to be its senior homonym. [1]
George Washington Tryon proposed that both M. bulimoides Reeve, 1844 and M. badia Reeve, 1844 are junior synonyms of M. testacea, [5] but this has not been accepted. [6] [1]
Walter O. Cernohorsky proposed that M. obliqua Lesson, 1842 was a junior synonym of M. testacea, [6] but this also has not been accepted. [7] [1]
It has been found in the Kingsmill Islands, Cook Islands, Society Islands, Tuamotu Islands, Gambier Islands, and the Pitcairn Islands. [6]
Its shell is a light reddish brown color, [8] and can grow to a length of 32 mm (1.3 in). [6]
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