Roseomitra millepunctata
Appearance
Roseomitra millepunctata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Mitridae |
Genus: | Roseomitra |
Species: | R. millepunctata
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Binomial name | |
Roseomitra millepunctata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)
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Roseomitra millepunctata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
Description
Members of the order Neogastropoda are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults
Distribution
This species occurs in the Philippines[2] and the Andaman Islands.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Roseomitra millepunctata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2018.
- ^ Poppe G.T. (2008) New Fissurellidae, Epitoniidae, Aclididae, Mitridae and Costellariidae from the Philippines. Visaya 2(3): 37-63.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 14 December 2018.