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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MITRIDAE: MITRINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Mitroidea (Superfamily)
> Mitridae (Family)
> Mitrinae (Subfamily)
> Mitra (Genus)
> mitra (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Mitra (Mitra) Lamarck, 1798
Synonymised Names:
=Mitra (Mitra) mitra (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Mitra carmelita Röding, 1798
=Mitra episcopalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Voluta mitra Linnaeus, 1758
=Voluta mitra episcopalis Linnaeus, 1758
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MITRIDAE: MITRINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Mitroidea (Superfamily)
> Mitridae (Family)
> Mitrinae (Subfamily)
> Mitra (Genus)
> mitra (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Mitra (Mitra) Lamarck, 1798
Synonymised Names:
=Mitra (Mitra) mitra (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Mitra carmelita Röding, 1798
=Mitra episcopalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Voluta mitra Linnaeus, 1758
=Voluta mitra episcopalis Linnaeus, 1758
Details: Mitra mitra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Size/Grows to:
Height ~180mm
Distribution:
Indo-W Pacific, Red Sea, Galápagos, Kermadec Islands
Notes:
Marine
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References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.226)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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