Mitra stictica

Mitra (Mitra) stictica
	Five views of a shell of Mitra stictica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Mitra
Species:	M. stictica
Binomial name
	Mitra (Mitra) stictica; (Link, 1807)
Synonyms
	Mitra cardinalis Röding, P.F., 1798; Mitra abbatis Perry, G., 1811; Mitra pontificalis Lamarck, 1811; Mitra stricta (misspelling); Mitra coronata Schumacher, H.C.F., 1817; Voluta thiara Dillwyn, L.W., 1817; Mitra confluens Dautzenberg, Ph., 1935;

Mitra (Mitra) stictica, commonly known as the pontifical mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters.^[1]

Description

The length of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 87 mm.

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