Mitra coffea

Mitra (Mitra) coffea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Mitra (gastropod)
Species: M. coffea
Binomial name
Mitra (Mitra) coffea
Schubert & Wagner, 1829
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra fulva Swainson, 1829
  • Mitra attenuata Reeve, L.A., 1844
  • Mitra barclayi Robillard, V., 1868
  • Mitra barklyana Robillard, V., 1868
  • Mitra tahitensis Garrett, A., 1880
  • Mitra thaanumiana Pilsbry, H.A., 192
  • Mitra brevis Dautzenberg, Ph., 1935

Mitra (Mitra) coffea, common name : the coffee 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 32 mm and 60 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along Tahiti and Hawaii

References

  1. 1 2 Mitra (Mitra) coffea Schubert & Wagner, 1829.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2010.


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