Domiporta granatina

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

Domiporta granatina
Shell of Domiporta granatina (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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D. granatina
Binomial name
Domiporta granatina
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancilla (Domiporta) granatina (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Cancilla granatina (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Mitra granatina Lamarck, 1811 (original combination)
  • Mitra (Scabricola) ehrenbergi Jickeli, 1874 (junior synonym)
  • Neocancilla granatina (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Scabricola granatina (Lamarck, 1811)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra and the Mascarene Basin.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Domiporta granatina (Lamarck, 1811). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719038 on 2014-12-05
  • 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.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.
  • Maxwell S.J., Dekkers A.M., Berschauer D.P. & Congdon B.C. (2017). A new Domiporta species (Gastropoda, Mitridae) from tropical Queensland. The Festivus. 49(3): 199-205
  • Tsuchiya K. (2017). Family Mitridae. Pp. 973-982, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp


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