Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Mitridae Scientific name Mitra variabilis | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Genus Mitra Rank Species | |
Similar Mitra incompta, Mitra imperialis, Mitra aurantia, Mitra stictica, Mitra papalis | ||
Mitra variabilis, common name: the variable 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 46 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean off Australia.
References
Mitra variabilis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA