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Quasimitra puncticulata

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Species of gastropod

Quasimitra puncticulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Quasimitra
Species: Q. puncticulata
Binomial name
Quasimitra puncticulata
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms
  • Mitra (Nebularia) puncticulata Lamarck, 1811
  • Mitra puncticulata Lamarck, 1811

Quasimitra puncticulata, common name : the punctured 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 25 mm and 57 mm.

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Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Central Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Okinawa, Australia and Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. ^ Quasimitra puncticulata Lamarck, 1811. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2018.
  2. "Mitra (Mitra) puncticulata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 447
Taxon identifiers
Mitra puncticulata
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