Biology:Mitra testacea
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Mitra testacea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
Taxonomy
William Broderip described M. testacea in 1835; the holotype had been collected by Hugh Cuming.[2]
Heinrich Wolfgang Ludwig Dohrn described M. antoni in 1860 from a specimen also in Cuming's collection.[3] Dohrn classified this species as a junior synonym of M. testacea in 1861.[4] Dohrn's M. antoni should not be confused with M. antonii Küster, 1839, sometimes taken to be its senior homonym.[1]
George Washington Tryon proposed that both M. bulimoides Reeve, 1844 and M. badia Reeve, 1844 are junior synonyms of M. testacea,[5] but this has not been accepted.[6][1]
Walter O. Cernohorsky proposed that M. obliqua Lesson, 1842 was a junior synonym of M. testacea,[6] but this also has not been accepted.[7][1]
Distribution
It has been found in the Kingsmill Islands, Cook Islands, Society Islands, Tuamotu Islands, Gambier Islands, and the Pitcairn Islands.[6]
Description
Its shell is a light reddish brown color,[8] and can grow to a length of 32 mm (1.3 in).[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Rosenberg, G. (2011). "Mitra testacea Broderip, 1836". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=590639.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Broderip, W. J. (1835). "Characters of New Genera and Species of Mollusca and Conchifera, collected by Mr. Cuming". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 3 (1): 193. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1835.tb01268.x. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30568702.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dohrn, H. (1860). "Description of New Species of Mitra from the Collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq.". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 28: 368. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866936.
- ↑ Dohrn, H. (1861). "Zur Kenntniss von Mitra". Malakozoologische Blätte 8: 134. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919947.
- ↑ Tyron, Jr., George W. (1882). Nassidæ, Turbinellidæ, Volutidæ, Mitridæ. Manual of Conchology. 4. Philadelphia. p. 127. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11043993; Pl. 27, Fig. 110.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Cernohorsky, Walter O. (1976). "The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae". Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3 (17): 434–435. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46320804.
- ↑ Tröndlé, Jean; Von Cosel, Rudo (2005). "Inventaire bibliographique des mollusques marins de l'Archipel des Marquises (Polynésie française)". Atoll Research Bulletin 542: 303. doi:10.5479/si.00775630.542.265.
- ↑ Reeve, Lovell Augustus (1844). "Plate XIV". Monograph of the Genus Mitra. Conchologia Iconica. 2. London: Reeve, Brothers. Species 98. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8937287.
Further reading
- Garrett, Andrew (1872). "List of Species of Mitridæ collected at Raratonga, Cook's Islands, with Notes, also Descriptions of new Species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872: 840. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28612318.
- Sowerby, G. B. (1880). A Monograph of the Genus Mitra. Thesaurus Conchyliorum. 4. London: Sowerby. p. 7. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15936982; Pl. 8, Fig. 103
- Garrett, Andrew (1880). "Catalogue of the Polynesian Mitridæ, with remarks on their geographical range, station, and descriptions of supposed new species". Journal of Conchology 3 (1): 29. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31867764.
- Couturier, Martial (1907). "Étude sur les mollusques gastropodes recueillis par M. L.-G. Seurat dans les archipels de Tahiti, Paumotu et Gambier". Journal de conchyliologie 55 (2): 132. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16293108.
- Dautzenberg, Ph.; Bouge, J.-L. (1933). "Les mollusques testacés marins des éstablissements français de l'Océanie (Suite)". Journal de conchyliologie 77 (3): 193. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55680433/f69.item.
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