Strigatella tristis

Strigatella tristis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Strigatella
Species:	S. tristis
Binomial name
	Strigatella tristis; (Broderip, 1836)
Synonyms
	Mitra (Strigatella) tristis Broderip, 1836; Mitra albofasciata G. B. Sowerby II, 1874 ·; Mitra tristis Broderip, 1836;

Strigatella tristis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the mitres or mitre snails.^[1]

Description edit

(Described as Mitra albofasciata) This rough South African shell is placed in this section because of its cylindrical form. It is darkly coloured and longitudinally wrinkled, with a white band at the suture of the whorls where they are a little shouldered. ^[2]

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off the Galapagos Islands

References edit

^ Strigatella tristis (Broderip, 1836). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2018.
^ Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published

External links edit

[WoRMS-1] Strigatella tristis (Broderip, 1836). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2018.

[2] Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published

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