Carinomitra typha

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

Carinomitra typha
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Mitroidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Carinomitra
Species:
C. typha
Binomial name
Carinomitra typha
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Mitra (Strigatella) typha Reeve, 1845
  • Mitra micans Reeve, 1845
  • Mitra tenuis G. B. Sowerby II, 1874
  • Mitra typha Reeve, 1845
  • Strigatella typha (Reeve, 1845) · unaccepted
  • Thala alba Pease, 1868

Description

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The shell is transparent, horny, very pyramidal, with a light fulvous band on the upper part of the whorls. The spire is acuminate. The aperture equals the spire in length. [2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

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