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Strigatella coffea

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Mitra (Mitra) coffea
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M. coffea
Binomial name
Mitra (Mitra) coffea
Schubert & Wagner, 1829
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra fulva Swainson, 1829
  • Mitra attenuata Reeve, L.A., 1844
  • Mitra barclayi Robillard, V., 1868
  • Mitra barklyana Robillard, V., 1868
  • Mitra tahitensis Garrett, A., 1880
  • Mitra thaanumiana Pilsbry, H.A., 192
  • Mitra brevis Dautzenberg, Ph., 1935

Mitra (Mitra) coffea, (common name : the coffee 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 32 mm and 60 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along Tahiti and Hawaii

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