Probata barbadensis

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Probata barbadensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[2]

Probata barbadensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Probata
Species:
P. barbadensis
Binomial name
Probata barbadensis
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex zebrula Meuschen, 1787
  • Mitra barbadensis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Voluta barbadensis Gmelin, 1791
  • Voluta striatula Schröter, 1804
  • Mitra santomensis Félix-Alves & Fernandes, 1989

Description

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This species attains a size around 45 mm.

Distribution

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Relatively shallow water off the coast of east Florida, the Florida Keys,
the Caribbean Region, and the western Atlantic south to eastern Brazil.

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