Strigatella imperialis

Strigatella imperialis, common name: the imperial mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Strigatella imperialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Strigatella
Species:
S. imperialis
Binomial name
Strigatella imperialis
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra digitalis (Link, 1807)
  • Mitra (Mitra) imperialis Röding, 1798
  • Voluta digitalis Link, H.F., 1807

Description

The shell size varies between 37 mm and 65 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Fiji and the Solomons

References

  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

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