Domiporta praestantissima
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Domiporta praestantissima | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Mitridae |
Genus: | Domiporta |
Species: | D. praestantissima
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Binomial name | |
Domiporta praestantissima (Röding, 1758)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Domiporta praestantissima, the most superior mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the miter snail family.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 61 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean off Polynesia.
References
- ^ a b Domiporta praestantissima (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2018.
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
- 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.
External links
- Gastropods.com : Domiporta praestantissima; accessed : 15 December 2010Error: "Q13593559" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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