Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Genus Scabricola Scientific name Scabricola fusca Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Mitridae Subgenus Swainsonia Phylum Mollusca | |
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Scabricola (Swainsonia) fusca, common name : the dusky 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 is nearly spindle-shaped, entirely brown and marked by bands of punctured dots. Size varies between 14 mm and 30 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin and in the Atlantic Ocean along Angola.
References
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