Gemmulimitra avenacea
Gemmulimitra avenacea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[2]
| Gemmulimitra avenacea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Gemmulimitra |
| Species: | G. avenacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Gemmulimitra avenacea (Reeve, 1845) | |
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Description
The shell size varies between 12 mm and 32 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Indonesia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea
'Mitra (Nebularia) avenacea', abapertural view
gollark: I'm using the Inverse Wants Principle.
gollark: No, I mostly wanted eggs.
gollark: I was hoping to be able to get a nice hybrid (risen/setsong, carina) for one of them, but nooo...
gollark: *is egglocked with hightime kindofrare stuff*
gollark: Do hatchlings actually suffer from sickness much?
References
- OBIS : Mitra (Nebularia) avenacea
- Gemmulimitra avenacea (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2018.
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 411
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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