Quasimitra nubila, common name the particolored mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Quasimitra nubila
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Quasimitra
Species:
Q. nubila
Binomial name
Quasimitra nubila
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra (Mitra) nubila (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Mitra erronea Dohrn, H., 1861
  • Mitra nubila (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Mitra versicolor Martyn, 1784 (non-binominal)
  • Voluta nubila Gmelin, 1791

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 34 mm and 81 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the Indo-West Pacific

References

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  1. ^ a b Quasimitra nubila (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2018.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII pp
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
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