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)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 28.4 mm.

Distribution

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

References

  • 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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