''Domiporta praestantissima'', the most superior mitre, is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
miter snail family.
Description
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 61 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the
Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off
Madagascar,
Mauritius and the
Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean off
Polynesia.
References
* Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). ''Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice''
* Michel, C. (1988). ''Marine molluscs of Mauritius''. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
* 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.
External links
Gastropods.com : ''Domiporta praestantissima''; accessed : 15 December 2010
Mitridae
Gastropods described in 1758
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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