Strigatella paupercula

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

Strigatella paupercula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Strigatella
Species:
S. paupercula
Binomial name
Strigatella paupercula
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Mitra lineata Schumacher, 1817 (junior synonym)
  • Mitra paupercula (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Mitra radiata Schumacher, 1817
  • Mitra venosa Röding, 1798
  • Mitra (Strigatella) paupercula var. obtusata Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923
  • Voluta paupercula Linnaeus, 1758

Description

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A relatively small member of the Mitridae family with black-and-white or brown-and-white zebra stripes. Common size is 30mm.[3]

Distribution

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This species has a broad Indo-Pacific distribution, including but not limited to East Africa, the Indian Ocean coast of Southern Africa, Japan, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea.[1]

 
Strigatella paupercula

References

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  1. ^ a b c Strigatella paupercula (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2018.
  2. ^ OBIS: Mitra (Strigatella) paupercula
  3. ^ Trausel, Joop; Slieker, Frans. "WoRMS image - Strigatella paupercula". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  • Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2008). Mitridae. pp. 330–417, in: G.T. Poppe (ed.), Philippine marine mollusks, volume 2. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 848 pp
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