Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Mitridae Scientific name Mitra luctuosa | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Genus Mitra Rank Species | |
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Similar Mitra chrysalis, Mitra, Mitra cucumerina | ||
Mitra (Nebularia) luctuosa 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 16 mm and 35 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, the Mascarene Basin, Mozambique, Transkei (RFA) and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia.
References
Mitra luctuosa Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA