Strigatella testacea

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Strigatella testacea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Strigatella testacea
Sowerby's illustration accompanying Reeve's 1844 description.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Strigatella
Species:
S. testacea
Binomial name
Strigatella testacea
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra antoni Dohrn, 1860[3]
  • Mitra testacea Broderip, 1836

Taxonomy

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William Broderip described the species as Mitra testacea in 1836; the holotype had been collected by Hugh Cuming.[2]

Heinrich Wolfgang Ludwig Dohrn described M. antoni in 1860 from a specimen also in Cuming's collection.[3] Dohrn classified this species as a junior synonym of M. testacea in 1861.[4] Dohrn's M. antoni should not be confused with M. antonii Küster, 1839, sometimes taken to be its senior homonym.[1]

George Washington Tryon proposed that both M. bulimoides Reeve, 1844 and M. badia Reeve, 1844 are junior synonyms of M. testacea,[5] but this has not been accepted.[6][1]

Walter O. Cernohorsky proposed that M. obliqua Lesson, 1842 was a junior synonym of M. testacea,[6] but this also has not been accepted.[7][1]

Distribution

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It has been found in the Kingsmill Islands, Cook Islands, Society Islands, Tuamotu Islands, Gambier Islands, and the Pitcairn Islands.[6]

Description

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Its shell is a light reddish brown color,[8] and can grow to a length of 32 mm (1.3 in).[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Strigatella testacea (Broderip, 1836). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b Broderip, W. J. (1835). "Characters of New Genera and Species of Mollusca and Conchifera, collected by Mr. Cuming". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 3 (1): 193. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1835.tb01268.x.
  3. ^ a b Dohrn, H. (1860). "Description of New Species of Mitra from the Collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 28: 368.
  4. ^ Dohrn, H. (1861). "Zur Kenntniss von Mitra". Malakozoologische Blätte. 8: 134.
  5. ^ Tyron, Jr., George W. (1882). Nassidæ, Turbinellidæ, Volutidæ, Mitridæ. Manual of Conchology. Vol. 4. Philadelphia. p. 127; Pl. 27, Fig. 110.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ a b c d Cernohorsky, Walter O. (1976). "The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae". Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 3 (17): 434–435.
  7. ^ Tröndlé, Jean; Von Cosel, Rudo (2005). "Inventaire bibliographique des mollusques marins de l'Archipel des Marquises (Polynésie française)". Atoll Research Bulletin. 542: 303. doi:10.5479/si.00775630.542.265.
  8. ^ Reeve, Lovell Augustus (1844). "Plate XIV". Monograph of the Genus Mitra. Conchologia Iconica. Vol. 2. London: Reeve, Brothers. Species 98.

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