Strigatella paupercula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Strigatella |
| Species: | S. paupercula
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| Strigatella paupercula (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Description edit
A relatively small member of the Mitridae family with black-and-white or brown-and-white zebra stripes. Common size is 30mm.[3]
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Distribution edit
This species has a broad Indo-Pacific distribution, including but not limited to East Africa, the Indian Ocean coast of Southern Africa, Japan, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c Strigatella paupercula (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2018.
- ^ OBIS: Mitra (Strigatella) paupercula
- ^ Trausel, Joop; Slieker, Frans. "WoRMS image - Strigatella paupercula". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2008). Mitridae. pp. 330–417, in: G.T. Poppe (ed.), Philippine marine mollusks, volume 2. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 848 pp
External links edit
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- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.
- Röding, P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp.
- Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls.
- Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(2): 253-337