Strigatella coffea
Appearance
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Species: | M. coffea
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Mitra (Mitra) coffea Schubert & Wagner, 1829
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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
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Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along Tahiti and Hawaii
References
- ^ a b Mitra (Mitra) coffea Schubert & Wagner, 1829. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2010.
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