Mitra stictica

Mitra (Mitra) stictica
	Five views of a shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Mitra
Species:	M. stictica
Binomial name
	Mitra (Mitra) stictica; (Link, 1807)
Synonyms
	Mitra cardinalis Röding, P.F., 1798; Mitra abbatis Perry, G., 1811; Mitra pontificalis Lamarck, 1811; Mitra stricta – misspelling; Mitra coronata Schumacher, H.C.F., 1817; Voluta thiara Dillwyn, L.W., 1817; Mitra confluens Dautzenberg, Ph., 1935;

Mitra (Mitra) stictica, commonly known as the pontifical mitre,^[2] is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the mitres.^[1]

Description[edit]

The length of an adult shell varies between 30 and 87 mm (1.2 and 3.4 in).^[3]

This species occurs in the tropical Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania, and in the Pacific Ocean off Fiji, New Zealand, and the Solomons.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Rosenberg, G. (2010). Mitra (Mitra) stictica (Link, 1807). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208217 on 2010-12-14
^ ^a ^b "Mitra (Mitra) stictica (Link, 1807)". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
^ "Mitra stictica". Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods (& Near Classes). Retrieved 26 November 2019.

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