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Gemmulimitra avenacea

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Species of gastropod

Gemmulimitra avenacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Gemmulimitra
Species: G. avenacea
Binomial name
Gemmulimitra avenacea
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Mitra avenacea Reeve, 1845
  • Mitra hanleyi Sowerby, 1874
  • Mitra (Nebularia) indentata Orbigny, A.V.M.D. d', 1841
  • Mitra indentata Sowerby, 1874

Gemmulimitra avenacea 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 12 mm and 32 mm

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Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Indonesia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea

'Mitra (Nebularia) avenacea', abapertural view

References

  1. OBIS : Mitra (Nebularia) avenacea
  2. Gemmulimitra avenacea (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2018.
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 411
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

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Taxon identifiers
Mitra avenacea
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