Mitra luctuosa

Mitra (Nebularia) luctuosa
Mitra (Nebularia) luctuosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Mitra
Subgenus: Nebularia
Species: M. luctuosa
Binomial name
Mitra (Nebularia) luctuosa
A. Adams, 1813
Synonyms[1]
  • 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

Mitra (Nebularia) luctuosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[2]

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

  1. ↑ Gastropods.com : Mitra (Nebularia) luctuosa; accessed : 10 December 2010
  2. ↑ Mitra (Nebularia) luctuosa A. Adams, 1813.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 December 2010.
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