Thala mirifica is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

Thala mirifica
Shell of Thala mirifica (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Thala
Species:
T. mirifica
Binomial name
Thala mirifica
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Mitra fusus Souverbie, 1876
  • Mitra mirifica Reeve, 1845 (original combination)

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 9 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off the Philippines..

References edit

  1. ^ Thala mirifica (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Souverbie, M. (1876). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'archipel calédonien (23e article). Journal of Conchology, 24: 376-381. London
  • Turner, Gori & Salisbury. (2007) - Costellariidae (Gastropoda) of the Maldive Islands, with descriptions of nine new species; Vita Malacologica, supplement to Basteria 5:1–48-page(s): 37

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