''Strigatella amaura'' 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 ...
in the miter snail family,
Mitridae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 22.2 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off
New Caledonia
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and the
Loyalty Islands.
References
* Hervier, J., 1898 Description d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques, provenant de l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (suite) Journal de Conchyliologie, 45"1897" 225-248
* Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. Liste des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal (avec planches)(suite). Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 149-180
* Cernohorsky, W.O., 1981. Revision of J. Hervier's type-specimens of Mitracea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Loyalty Islands. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 3(1): 93-1109, sér. 4° série, part. Section A
External links
Hervier, J. (1897). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 45(1): 47-69dosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(2): 253-337
Mitridae
Gastropods described in 1897
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