Domiporta granatina

Domiporta granatina
	Shell of Domiporta granatina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Domiporta
Species:	D. granatina
Binomial name
	Domiporta granatina; (Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms
	Cancilla (Domiporta) granatina (Lamarck, 1811); Cancilla granatina (Lamarck, 1811); Mitra granatina Lamarck, 1811 (original combination); Mitra (Scabricola) ehrenbergi Jickeli, 1874 (junior synonym); Neocancilla granatina (Lamarck, 1811); Scabricola granatina (Lamarck, 1811);

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

Description[edit]

This species attains a size of 30–60 mm.

Pacific: Okinawa. This species also occurs in the Red Sea
and in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra and the Mascarene Basin.

10–100 feet of water, on fine sand.

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