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Domiporta filaris

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Mitridae

Scientific name
  
Cancilla filaris

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Muricoidea

Genus
  
Domiporta

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Domiporta, Mitra imperialis, Cancilla isabella, Mitra incompta

Domiporta filaris, common name : the file mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.

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Description

The shell size varies between 14 mm and 55 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Chagos and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean offHawaii; and off Australia.

References

Domiporta filaris Wikipedia