Strigatella aurantia
Appearance
Mitra (Nebularia) aurantia | |
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A shell of Mitra (Nebularia) aurantia | |
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Species: | M. aurantia
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Mitra (Nebularia) aurantia (Gmelin, 1791)
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Mitra (Nebularia) aurantia, common name the orange mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
There are two subspecies:
- Mitra (Nebularia) aurantia crassicostata Sowerby, 1874
- Mitra (Nebularia) aurantia subruppeli Finlay, 1927
Description
The adult shell size varies between 21 mm and 58 mm
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean at Mozambique, and in the Pacific Ocean at Papua New Guinea and the Solomons.
![Museum specimens, Naturalis](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Naturalis_Biodiversity_Center_-_RMNH.MOL.216663_-_Mitra_aurantia_%28Gmelin%2C_1791%29_-_Mitridae_-_Mollusc_shell.jpeg)
References
- ^ a b Mitra (Nebularia) aurantia (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 December 2010.
- ^ Gastropods. com: Mitra (Nebularia) aurantia aurantia; access date: 11 December 2010
- MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 425
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp