Condylomitra tuberosa
Condylomitra tuberosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Condylomitra |
| Species: | C. tuberosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Condylomitra tuberosa (Reeve, 1845) | |
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Description
The shell size varies between 14 mm and 30 mm
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin and in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines, the Fiji Islands and Papua New Guinea; off Australia (New South Wales, Queensland)
References
- Condylomitra tuberosa. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2018.
- Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L.J. 1923. Mitridés de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. Journal de Conchyliologie 67(2): 179-259
- Cotton, B.C. 1957. Family Mitridae. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 12: 8 pp.
- Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217
- Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. Systematics of the families Mitridae & Volutomitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 8: 1-190
- Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, 391 pp.
- Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp.
- Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Guillot de Suduiraut, E. 2000. Contribution à la connaissance de quelques gastéropides mitriformes e l'archipel des Philippines (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mitridae & Costellariidae). Xenophora. Association française de conchyliologie 89: 8-12
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