Swainsonia fissurata
| Scabricola (Swainsonia) fissurata | |
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| Species: | S. fissurata
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| Scabricola (Swainsonia) fissurata (Lamarck, 1811)
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Mitra fissurata Lamarck, 1811 | |
Scabricola (Swainsonia) fissurata, common name : the reticulate 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 21 mm and 65 mm
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Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along East Africa and the Mascarene Basin
References
- ^ a b Scabricola (Swainsonia) fissurata (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2010.
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world (Part 2). Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4. page(s): 126
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