Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Mitridae Scientific name Mitra fulvescens | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Genus Mitra Rank Species | |
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Similar Mitra luctuosa, Mitra incompta, Mitra cucumerina, Mitra chrysalis, Mitra imperialis | ||
Mitra (Nebularia) fulvescens, common name : the tawny 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 20 mm and 50 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin and in the Western Pacific along Japan.
References
Mitra fulvescens Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA