Biology:Scabricola bicolor

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Scabricola bicolor
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Scabricola
Species:
S. bicolor
Binomial name
Scabricola bicolor
(Swainson, 1824)
Synonyms[1]
  • Imbricaria bicolor (Swainson, 1824)
  • Imbricaria filum Wood, 1828
  • Mitra bicolor Swainson, 1824
  • Swainsonia bicolor (Swainson, 1824)

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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6003607 entry