Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Mitridae Scientific name Mitra (Mitra) imperialis | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Genus Mitra Rank Species | |
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Similar Mitra incompta, Mitra chrysalis, Mitra aurantia, Mitra luctuosa, Mitra cucumerina | ||
Mitra (Mitra) imperialis, common name : the imperial 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 37 mm and 65 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Fiji and the Solomons
References
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