Scabricola albina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Scabricola
Species:
S. albina
Binomial name
Scabricola albina
(A. Adams, 1853)
Synonyms
  • Mitra (Mitra) albina A. Adams, 1853
  • Mitra albina A. Adams, 1853 (original combination)
  • Swainsonia albina (A. Adams, 1853)

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean and off the Philippines.

References

  • 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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