Quasimitra nubila

Quasimitra nubila
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Quasimitra
Species:	Q. nubila
Binomial name
	Quasimitra nubila; (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
	Mitra (Mitra) nubila (Gmelin, 1791); Mitra erronea Dohrn, H., 1861; Mitra nubila (Gmelin, 1791); Mitra versicolor Martyn, 1784 (non-binominal); Voluta nubila Gmelin, 1791;

Quasimitra 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.

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

Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII pp
Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp

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