Biology:Domiporta circula

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Domiporta circula
Domiporta circula 01.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Domiporta
Species:
D. circula
Binomial name
Domiporta circula
(Kiener, 1838)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra circula Kiener, 1838
  • Neocancilla circula (Kiener, 1838)
  • Subcancilla circula (Kiener, 1838)

Domiporta circula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1] Their shell size ranges from 15 mm to 58 mm.

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, the Indian Ocean along Madagascar , the Mascarene Basin and Mozambique; in the Pacific Ocean along Japan , Okinawa, the Philippines , Papua New Guinea, Tuamotus and Fiji

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Domiporta circula (Kiener, 1838). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2018.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 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): 112

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6992046 entry