Mitra assimilis
| Mitra (Strigatella) assimilis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Mitra (gastropod) |
| Subgenus: | Strigatella |
| Species: | M. assimilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Mitra (Strigatella) assimilis Pease, 1868 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mitra (Strigatella) assimilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
The species name Mitra assimilis Garrett, 1873 has been declared a synonym of Vexillum (Pusia) crocatum (Lamarck, 1811) [2]
Description
The shell size varies between 10 mm and 25 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indo-West Pacific
References
- ↑ Mitra (Strigatella) assimilis Pease, 1868. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 January 2011.
- ↑ Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 18
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 486
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