Strigatella subruppelli

Strigatella subruppelli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Mitroidea
Family: Mitridae
Subfamily: Strigatellinae
Genus: Strigatella
Species:
S. subruppelli
Binomial name
Strigatella subruppelli
(Finlay, 1927)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra (Nebularia) aurantia subruppeli Finlay, 1927
  • Mitra aurantia subruppeli Finlay, 1927
  • Mitra multisulcata G. B. Sowerby III, 1914 (invalid: junior homonym of Mitra mulltisulcata Harris, 1897; Mitra subruppelli is a replacement name)
  • Mitra subruppeli Finlay, 1927 (incorrect original spelling)
  • Mitra subruppelli Finlay, 1927

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species has a wide distribution and occurs from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa to the Gulf of Oman and Western India.

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

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References
  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Strigatella subruppelli (Finlay, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1061236 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.
  • Finlay, H. J. (1927). New specific names for Austral Mollusca. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 488-533.


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