Strigatella luctuosa
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Species: | M. luctuosa
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Mitra (Nebularia) luctuosa A. Adams, 1813
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Mitra (Nebularia) luctuosa 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 16 mm and 35 mm
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Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, the Mascarene Basin, Mozambique, Transkei (RFA) and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia.
References
- ^ Gastropods.com : Mitra (Nebularia) luctuosa; accessed : 10 December 2010
- ^ Mitra (Nebularia) luctuosa A. Adams, 1813. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 December 2010.
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 443
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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