Domiporta filaris

Domiporta filiaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Domiporta
Species:	D. filaris
Binomial name
	Domiporta filaris; (Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms
	Cancilla (Domiporta) filaris (Linnaeus, 1771); Cancilla filaris (Linnaeus, 1771); Cancilla filiaris [sic] (misspelling); Domiporta filaris (Linnaeus, C., 1771); Domiporta filosa bernardiana Philippi, R.A., 1850; Mitra bornii Philippi, R.A., 1850; Mitra crebrilineata Sowerby, G.B. II, 1874; Mitra filaris (Linnaeus, 1771); Mitra filiaris [sic] (misspelling); Mitra nexilis "Martyn, T." Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811; Voluta filaris Linnaeus, 1771 (original combination); Voluta filosa Born, I. von, 1778; Voluta leucosticta Gmelin, J.F., 1791;

Domiporta filaris, common name : the file 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 14 mm and 55 mm

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Chagos and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean offHawaii; and off Australia.

^ ^a ^b Bouchet, P. (2014). Domiporta filaris (Linnaeus, 1771). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719034 on 2014-12-05

Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis of its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43-50
Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice