Scabricola desetangsii

Scabricola desetangsii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Scabricola desetangsii
Shell of Scabricola desetangsii (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Scabricola
Species:
S. desetangsii
Binomial name
Scabricola desetangsii
(Kiener, 1838)
Synonyms
  • Mitra desetangsii Kiener, 1838 (original combination)
  • Mitra praevariegata Abrard, 1946
  • Mitra suffecta Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923
  • Mitra variegata Reeve, 1844 (non Gmelin, 1791)

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 28.4 mm.

Distribution edit

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius Island.
Pacific Ocean at Guam.

References edit

  • Kiener, L.-C., 1838-39 Genre Mitra. Volume 3. In: Species général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes, p. 120 pp
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
  • Cernohorsky W.O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world. Part 2. The subfamily Mitrinae concluded and subfamilies Imbricariinae and Cylindromitrinae. Monographs of Marine Mollusca. 4: ii + 164 pp.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
  • 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.

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