Gemmulimitra avenacea
| Gemmulimitra avenacea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Gemmulimitra |
| Species: | G. avenacea
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| Binomial name | |
| Gemmulimitra avenacea (Reeve, 1845)
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Gemmulimitra avenacea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[2]
Description
[edit]The shell size varies between 12 mm and 32 mm
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Distribution
[edit]This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Indonesia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea
References
[edit]- ^ OBIS : Mitra (Nebularia) avenacea
- ^ Gemmulimitra avenacea (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2018.
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 411
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice