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

Quasimitra variabilis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Quasimitra
Species:
Q. variabilis
Binomial name
Quasimitra variabilis
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra cylindracea Reeve, 1844
  • Mitra polymorpha Tomlin, 1920 (unnecessary substitute name for Mitra variabilis, by Tomlin treated as a secondary homonym of Voluta variabilis Link, 1807)
  • Mitra variabilis Reeve, 1844

Description

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The shell size varies between 20 mm and 46 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean off Australia.

References

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  1. ^ a b Quasimitra variabilis (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2018.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
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