Strigatella_tristis

<i>Strigatella tristis</i>

Strigatella tristis

Species of gastropod

Strigatella tristis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the mitres or mitre snails.[1]

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Description

(Described as Mitra albofasciata) This rough South African shell is placed in this section because of its cylindrical form. It is darkly coloured and longitudinally wrinkled, with a white band at the suture of the whorls where they are a little shouldered. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Galapagos Islands

References

  1. [1]
    Strigatella tristis (Broderip, 1836). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2018.
  2. [2]
    Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published
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