Biology:Mitra chrysalis
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| Species: | M. chrysalis
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Mitra chrysalis, common name the chrysalis 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 12 mm and 30 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar , the Mascarene basin and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines , Indonesia, Okinawa, Papua New Guinea and Australia .
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mitra (Nebularia) chrysalis Reeve, 1844. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 December 2010.
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 402
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN:91-630-4594-X. 448 pp
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q6882005 entry
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