Biology:Scabricola bicolor
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Scabricola |
| Species: | S. bicolor
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| Scabricola bicolor (Swainson, 1824)
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Scabricola bicolor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
Description
The species was first described by William Swainson under the name Mitra bicolor. The shell is smooth, polished, fusiform, white, with a brown central band. It seldom exceeds three-quarters of an inch in length.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off East Africa; in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar ; Mauritius; Comoros; Seychelles
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Scabricola bicolor (Swainson, 1824). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2018.
- ↑ William Swainson (1829). "Zoological Illustrations Series II.". p. Vol. I. Plate 19.. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Zoological_Illustrations_Series_II/Plate_19.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q6003607 entry
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