Scabricola ocellata

Scabricola ocellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Scabricola
Subgenus: Swainsonia
Species: S. ocellata
Binomial name
Scabricola ocellata
(Swainson, 1831)

Scabricola ocellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Description

The shell is roughly spindle-shaped, white towards the apex and brown towards the base, with striations and a row of reddish spots.

References


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