Kingdom Animalia Family Mitridae Scientific name Mitra stictica Higher classification Mitra | Superfamily Muricoidea Genus Mitra Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | |
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Similar Mitra, Mitridae, Mitra papalis, Mitra incompta, Mitra imperialis | ||
Mitra (Mitra) stictica, commonly known as the pontifical mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters.
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Description
The length of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 87 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean off Fiji, New Zealand and the Solomons.
References
Mitra stictica Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA