Biology:Strigatella coffea

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Strigatella coffea
Strigatella coffea (ex-Mitra coffea).jpg
Strigatella coffea
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Strigatella
Species:
S. coffea
Binomial name
Strigatella coffea
(Schubert & Wagner, 1829)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra coffea Schubert & Wagner, 1829
  • Mitra fulva Swainson, 1829

Strigatella coffea (common name: coffee 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 32 mm and 60 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar , Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along Tahiti and Hawaii

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6882024 entry