Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Genus Mitra Scientific name Mitra cucumerina Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Mitridae Subgenus Nebularia Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Mitra, Mitra chrysalis, Mitra luctuosa, Mitra aurantia, Mitra incompta | ||
Mitra (Nebularia) cucumerina, common name : the kettle 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 9 mm and 35 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, Mauritius, and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along Fiji, the Solomons Islands, the Philippines, Okinawa, Australia, Papua New Guinea Mauritius
References
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