Roseomitra millepunctata

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

Roseomitra millepunctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Roseomitra
Species:
R. millepunctata
Binomial name
Roseomitra millepunctata
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra millepunctata G. B. Sowerby III, 1889
  • Mitra terryni Poppe, 2008

Description

Members of the order Neogastropoda are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults

Distribution

This species occurs in the Philippines[2] and the Andaman Islands.[1]

References



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