Strigatella litterata

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Strigatella litterata
Mitra litterata 001.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Strigatella
Species:
S. litterata
Binomial name
Strigatella litterata
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra litterata Lamarck, 1811
  • Mitra maculosa Reeve, L.A., 1844

Strigatella litterata 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 11 mm and 35 mm

Distribution[]

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique and Transkei (RSA); in the Western Pacific Ocean along Australia, Papua New Guinea, Okinawa, the Philippines and Indonesia.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Strigatella litterata (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2018.
  • Taylor, J.D. (1971). Intertidal Zonation at Aldabra Atoll. Phil. Trns. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 260, 173–213
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 482
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
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