Biology:Mitra coffea

Mitra (Mitra) coffea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Mitra (gastropod)
Species:	M. coffea
Binomial name
Mitra (Mitra) coffea Schubert & Wagner, 1829
Synonyms
Mitra fulva Swainson, 1829 Mitra attenuata Reeve, L.A., 1844 Mitra barclayi Robillard, V., 1868 Mitra barklyana Robillard, V., 1868 Mitra tahitensis Garrett, A., 1880 Mitra thaanumiana Pilsbry, H.A., 192 Mitra brevis Dautzenberg, Ph., 1935

Mitra (Mitra) coffea, (common name : the coffee mitre), 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 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

External links

• Gastropods.com : Mitra (Mitra) coffea; accessed : 13 December 2010

Wikidata ☰ Q6882024 entry