Biology:Strigatella luctuosa

Short description: Species of gastropod

Strigatella luctuosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Strigatella
Species:	S. luctuosa
Binomial name
Strigatella luctuosa (A. Adams, 1813)
Synonyms
Mitra (Nebularia) luctuosa Adams, A., 1853 Mitra rutila Adams, A., 1853 Mitra nigricans Pease, W.H., 1865 Mitra lamberti Souverbie, S.M., 1875 Mitra astyridiformis Melvill, J.C., 1888 Mitra townsendi Melvill, J.C., 1904 Mitra albocoronata Schepman, M.M., 1911 Mitra alcida Cate, J.M., 1963 Mitra diamantina Cate, J.M., 1963

Strigatella luctuosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.

Description

The shell size varies between 16 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, the Mascarene Basin, Mozambique, Transkei (RFA) and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines , Papua New Guinea and Australia .

References

• Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 443
• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

Wikidata ☰ Q6882162 entry