Strigatella_imperialis

<i>Strigatella imperialis</i>

Strigatella imperialis

Species of gastropod

Strigatella imperialis (common name: imperial mitre) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 37 mm and 65 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Fiji and the Solomons

References

  1. [1]
    Strigatella imperialis (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2018.
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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