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Strigatella imperialis

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Mitra (Mitra) imperialis
Mitra (Mitra) imperialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Mitridae
Genus:
Mitra
Species:
M. imperialis
Binomial name
Mitra (Mitra) imperialis
Röding, 1798
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra digitalis (Link, 1807)
  • Voluta digitalis Link, H.F., 1807
  • Mitra millepora Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Voluta cribum Dillwyn, L.W., 1817
  • Mitra koolhoveni Oostingh, C.H., 1939

Mitra (Mitra) imperialis, common name : the imperial 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 37 mm and 65 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Fiji and the Solomons

References

  1. ^ a b Mitra (Mitra) imperialis Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 December 2010.
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

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