Quasimitra albocarnea

Quasimitra albocarnea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1][2]

Quasimitra albocarnea
Shell of Quasimitra albocarnea (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Subfamily: Mitrinae
Genus: Quasimitra
Species:
Q. albocarnea
Binomial name
Quasimitra albocarnea
(Bozzetti, 2016)
Synonyms[1]

Mitra albocarnea Bozzetti, 2016

Description

The length of the shell attains 25.8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Somalia.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Quasimitra albocarnea (Bozzetti, 2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1060413 on 2019-01-04
  2. Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(2): 253-337.
  • Bozzetti L. (2016). Mitra albocarnea (Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Mitridae) nuove specie dalla Somalia Nord-Orientale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 90: 12-13


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