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Quasimitra sanguinolenta

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Quasimitra sanguinolenta
Shell of Quasimitra sanguinolenta (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Quasimitra
Species:
Q. sanguinolenta
Binomial name
Quasimitra sanguinolenta
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms
  • Mitra (Nebularia) sanguinolenta Lamarck, 1811
  • Mitra alborufa Bozzetti, 2009
  • Mitra prosanguinolenta J. Cate, 1966
  • Mitra sanguinolenta Lamarck, 1811

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 27.8 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Madagascar and Mozambique.

References

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  • Bozzetti (2009). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 63 (2) : 7-8
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