Gemmulimitra avenacea
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| Species: | M. avenacea
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| Mitra avenacea Reeve, 1845
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Mitra (Nebularia) avenacea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[2]
Description
The shell size varies between 12 mm and 32 mm
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Distribution
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
- ^ OBIS : Mitra (Nebularia) avenacea
- ^ Mitra avenacea Reeve, 1845. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 04/24/10.
- 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