Nebularia acuminata
| Mitra (Strigatella) acuminata | |
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| Mitra (Strigatella) acuminata | |
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| Species: | M. acuminata
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| Mitra (Strigatella) cuminata Swainson, 1824
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Mitra (Strigatella) acuminata, common name : the Acuminate 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 17 mm and 35 mm
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Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomons, Fiji and Australia.
References
- ^ a b Mitra (Strigatella) acuminata Swainson, 1824. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 December 2010.
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 492
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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