Domiporta carnicolor

Domiporta carnicolor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Domiporta carnicolor
Shell of Domiporta carnicolor (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Mitridae
Subfamily:
Mitrinae
Genus:
Domiporta
Species:
D. carnicolor
Binomial name
Domiporta carnicolor
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancilla (Domiporta) carnicolor (Reeve, 1844)
  • Cancilla carnicolor (Reeve, 1844)
  • Mitra carnicolor Reeve, 1844 (original combination)

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene basin.

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Domiporta carnicolor (Reeve, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719023 on 2014-12-05
  • Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp


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