Mitra nubila

Mitra nubila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Mitra (gastropod)
Species: M. nubila
Binomial name
Mitra nubila
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra (Mitra) nubila (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Mitra brettinghami Smith, E.A., 1906
  • Mitra erronea Dohrn, H., 1861
  • Mitra nebulosa Reeve, L.A., 1844
  • Mitra nivosa Swainson, W.A., 1822
  • Mitra propinqua Adams, A., 1853
  • Mitra sanguinolenta Küster, H.C., 1839
  • Mitra versicolor Martyn, 1784 (non-binominal)

Mitra nubila, common name the particolored mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 34 mm and 81 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the Indo-West Pacific

References

  1. 1 2 Mitra nubila (Gmelin, 1791).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 March 2013.


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