Quasimitra puncticulata

Quasimitra puncticulata, common name : the punctured mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Quasimitra puncticulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Quasimitra
Species:
Q. puncticulata
Binomial name
Quasimitra puncticulata
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra (Nebularia) puncticulata Lamarck, 1811
  • Mitra puncticulata Lamarck, 1811

Description

The shell size varies between 25 mm and 57 mm.[2]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Central Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Okinawa, Australia and Papua New Guinea.

References
  1. Quasimitra puncticulata Lamarck, 1811. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2018.
  2. "Mitra (Mitra) puncticulata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 447
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