Quasimitra albocarnea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1][2]

Quasimitra albocarnea
Shell of Quasimitra albocarnea (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Subfamily: Mitrinae
Genus: Quasimitra
Species:
Q. albocarnea
Binomial name
Quasimitra albocarnea
(Bozzetti, 2016)
Synonyms[1]

Mitra albocarnea Bozzetti, 2016

Description

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The length of the shell attains 25.8 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Somalia.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Quasimitra albocarnea (Bozzetti, 2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1060413 on 2019-01-04
  2. ^ Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(2): 253-337.
  • Bozzetti L. (2016). Mitra albocarnea (Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Mitridae) nuove specie dalla Somalia Nord-Orientale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 90: 12-13