| Quasimitra puncticulata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Quasimitra |
| Species: | Q. puncticulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Quasimitra puncticulata (Lamarck, 1811) | |
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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]
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 2 Quasimitra puncticulata Lamarck, 1811. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2018.
- ↑ "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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