Quasimitra albocarnea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1][2]
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| Shell of Quasimitra albocarnea (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Subfamily: | Mitrinae |
| Genus: | Quasimitra |
| Species: | Q. albocarnea
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| Binomial name | |
| Quasimitra albocarnea (Bozzetti, 2016)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mitra albocarnea Bozzetti, 2016 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 25.8 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Somalia.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Quasimitra albocarnea (Bozzetti, 2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1060413 on 2019-01-04
- ^ 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.
- Bozzetti L. (2016). Mitra albocarnea (Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Mitridae) nuove specie dalla Somalia Nord-Orientale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 90: 12-13