Scabricola albina

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

Scabricola albina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Scabricola
Species:
S. albina
Binomial name
Scabricola albina
(A. Adams, 1853)
Synonyms
  • Mitra (Mitra) albina A. Adams, 1853
  • Mitra albina A. Adams, 1853 (original combination)
  • Swainsonia albina (A. Adams, 1853)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean and off the Philippines.

References

  1. Scabricola albina (A. Adams, 1853). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2018.
  • Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2008). Mitridae. pp. 330–417, in: G.T. Poppe (ed.), Philippine marine mollusks, volume 2. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 848 pp.


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