Domiporta granatina
Appearance
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Domiporta granatina | |
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Shell of Domiporta granatina | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Mitridae |
Genus: | Domiporta |
Species: | D. granatina
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Binomial name | |
Domiporta granatina (Lamarck, 1811)
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Domiporta granatina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
Description
[edit]This species attains a size of 30–60 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]Pacific: Okinawa. This species also occurs in the Red Sea,
Queensland, Australia, and in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra and the Mascarene Basin.
Habitat
[edit]10–100 feet of water, on fine sand.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2014). Domiporta granatina (Lamarck, 1811). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719038 on 2014-12-05
- Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
- Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.
- Maxwell S.J., Dekkers A.M., Berschauer D.P. & Congdon B.C. (2017). A new Domiporta species (Gastropoda, Mitridae) from tropical Queensland. The Festivus. 49(3): 199-205
- Tsuchiya K. (2017). Family Mitridae. pp. 973–982, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp
External links
[edit]- Reeve L.A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In: Conchologia Iconica, vol. 2, pl. 1-39 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-7, August 1844; pl. 8-15, September 1844; pl. 16-19, October 1844; pl. 20-23, November 1844; pl. 24-27, December 1844; pl. 28-29, January 1845; pl. 30 imprinted March 1844, presumably March 1845; pl. 31-39, March 1845
- Lamarck [J.B.M.de]. (1811). Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques testacés. Mitre (Mitra.). Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 17: 195-222
- Jickeli, C. F. (1874). Studien über die Conchylien des Rothen Meeres. I. Die Gattung Mitra Lam. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 1: 17-55