Quasimitra raphaeli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
Quasimitra raphaeli | |
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Shell of Quasimitra raphaeli (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Mitroidea |
Family: | Mitridae |
Subfamily: | Mitrinae |
Genus: | Quasimitra |
Species: | Q. raphaeli
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Binomial name | |
Quasimitra raphaeli (Drivas & Jay, 1990)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Mitra raphaeli Drivas & Jay, 1990 |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 30.6 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Quasimitra raphaeli (Drivas & Jay, 1990). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1060507 on 2019-01-04
External links
edit- Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1990). Descriptions of new mollusks from Reunion Island - II. Cerithidae, Lamellariidae, Buccinidae, Mitridae, and Veneridae. Venus. 49 (4): 271-279
- [https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx073/4855867 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