''Otopleura mitralis'',
common name
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the miter pyram, is a
species of
sea snail
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, a
marine
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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
family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
[Rosenberg, G. (2011). ''Otopleura mitralis'' (A. Adams, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217258 on 2012-01-12]
Description
The whitish shell has a clouded appearance, indistinctly banded with pale brown. The
whorl
A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs).
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s of the
teleoconch are rather convex, longitudinally ribbed, slightly angulated at the
suture. The interstices are spirally striated. The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.
G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII pl. 305 (described as ''Pyramidella (Otopleura) mitralis'')
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Distribution
This marine species occurs in the following locations:Aldabra
Aldabra is the world's second-largest coral atoll, lying south-east of the continent of Africa. It is part of the Aldabra Group of islands in the Indian Ocean that are part of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, with a distance of 1,120 k ...
, Mauritius, Madagascar
* Pacific Ocean : Hawaii, Guam, French Polynesia
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, Tahiti, New Caledonia
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, New Zealand, Northern Australia
Notes
Additional information regarding this species:
References
* Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21-74
Barry D. Smith (2003), Prosobranch gastropods of Guam, Micronesica 35-36:244-270. 2003
Jean Tröndlé and Michel Boutet, Inventory of Marine Molluscs of French Polynesia, ATOLL RESEARCH BULLETIN #570, 2008
External links
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To World Register of Marine Species
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Pyramidellidae
Gastropods described in 1855