Biology:Austromitra analogica

Short description: Species of gastropod

Austromitra analogica
Austromitra analogica tatei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Austromitra
Species:	A. analogica
Binomial name
Austromitra analogica (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
Mitra analogica Reeve, 1845 Mitra bellapicta Verco, 1909 Mitra retrocurvata Verco, 1909 Mitra scalariformis Tenison-Woods, 1876 Mitra scita Tension-Woods, 1876 Mitra schomburgki Angas, 1878 Mitra tatei Angas, 1879 Mitra shomburghi [sic] Mitra teresiae Tenison-Woods, 1876 Mitra weldii Tenison-Woods, 1878 Mitroidea jaffaensis Cotton & Godfrey, 1932 Vexillum pumilio May, 1916 Volutomitra cinnamomea Adams, 1855 Volutomitra vincta Adams, 1855

Austromitra analogica is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusc in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. This snail is found under rocks and in algae from the intertidal zone to a depth of 570 m along the coasts from Southern Queensland down to the southeast and southern Australia and Tasmania.

References

• Wilson, B., 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Vol. 2. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia. 1–370.
• Turner H. (2001) Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald 1860 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricoidea). Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 100 pp

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