''Strigatella litterata'' is a species of

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mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.

Description

The shell size varies between 11 mm and 35 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique and Transkei (RSA); in the Western Pacific Ocean along

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, Papua New Guinea, Okinawa, the Philippines and Indonesia.

References

* Taylor, J.D. (1971). ''Intertidal Zonation at Aldabra Atoll.'' Phil. Trns. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 260, 173–213 * Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). ''The Mitrinae of the World''. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 482 * Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). ''Coquillages'' de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice'' * Branch, G.M. et al. (2002).'' Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg * 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

Lamarck (J.B.M.de). (1811). Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques testacés. Mitre (Mitra.). Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 17: 195-222.

Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-39 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.

Lesson R. P. (1842). Mollusques recueillis dans la Mer du Sud. Genre Mitra et Pleurotoma. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne. 5: 141-144

Küster, H. C. (1838-1841). Die Familie der Walzenschnecken. (Volutacea, Menke.) Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, ed.2, 5(2): vii-x, pp. 1-234, pls A, B, 1-49, 17a-e. Published in parts

Fedosov 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
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