Scabricola caerulea

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

Scabricola caerulea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Scabricola
Species:
S. caerulea
Binomial name
Scabricola caerulea
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms

Mitra caerulea Reeve, 1844 (original combination)

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  • Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
  • Cernohorsky W.O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world. Part 2. The subfamily Mitrinae concluded and subfamilies Imbricariinae and Cylindromitrinae. Monographs of Marine Mollusca. 4: ii + 164 pp.
  • 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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