Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Mitridae Scientific name Mitra chrysalis | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Genus Mitra Rank Species | |
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Similar Mitra cucumerina, Mitra imperialis, Mitra aurantia, Mitra luctuosa, Mitra incompta | ||
Mitra chrysalis, common name the Chrysalis 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 12 mm and 30 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, the Mascarene basin and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Indonesia, Okinawa, Papua New Guinea and Australia.
References
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