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Domiporta carnicolor

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Domiporta carnicolor
Shell of Domiporta carnicolor (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Domiporta
Species:
D. carnicolor
Binomial name
Domiporta carnicolor
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancilla (Domiporta) carnicolor (Reeve, 1844)
  • Cancilla carnicolor (Reeve, 1844)
  • Mitra carnicolor Reeve, 1844 (original combination)

Domiporta carnicolor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene basin.

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2014). Domiporta carnicolor (Reeve, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719023 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