Provocator mirabilis

Provocator mirabilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Provocator mirabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Volutidae
Subfamily:
Cymbiinae
Genus:
Provocator
Subgenus:
Iredalina
Species:
P. mirabilis
Binomial name
Provocator mirabilis
(Finlay, 1926)
Synonyms[1]

Iredalina aurantia Powell, 1954

Description

This species attains a size of 86 mm.

Distribution

Trawled in 200 metres depth by Scampi boats,
Auckland Islands, Sub Antarctica New Zealand.

References
  1. Provocator mirabilis (Finlay, 1926). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.


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