Mitra imperialis
| Mitra (Mitra) imperialis | |
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| Mitra (Mitra) imperialis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Mitra |
| Species: | M. imperialis |
| Binomial name | |
| Mitra (Mitra) imperialis Röding, 1798 | |
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Mitra (Mitra) imperialis, common name : the imperial mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
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
References
- 1 2 Mitra (Mitra) imperialis Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 December 2010.
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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