Biology:Mitra incompta

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Mitra (Mitra) incompta
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Mitra (Mitra) incompta
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M. incompta
Binomial name
Mitra (Mitra) incompta
(Lightfoot, 1786)
Synonyms[1]
  • Voluta vulpecula Gmelin, J.F., 1791
  • Mitra terebralis Lamarck, 1811
  • Mitra reevei Philippi, R.A., 1850

Mitra (Mitra) incompta, common name : the tessellate 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 44 mm and 160 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Tanzania and the Mascarene Basin; in the Indo-Pacific Region

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Mitra (Mitra) incompta (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 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): 323
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6882132 entry