Strigatella imperialis

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Strigatella imperialis
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Strigatella
Species:
S. imperialis
Binomial name
Strigatella imperialis
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra digitalis (Link, 1807)
  • Mitra (Mitra) imperialis Röding, 1798
  • Voluta digitalis Link, H.F., 1807

Strigatella imperialis (common name: imperial mitre) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Description[]

The shell size varies between 37 mm and 65 mm.

Distribution[]

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Fiji and the Solomons

References[]

  1. ^ a b Strigatella imperialis (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2018.
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

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