Point Miter [2] ( lat. Quasimitra puncticulata ) is a species of marine gastropod mollusks from the family Mitrid (Mitridae) [1] .
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Quasimitra puncticulata ( Lamarck , 1811 ) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Description
The length of the shell is from 25 to 57 mm [2] .
The species is common in the Indian Ocean along the coast of Madagascar and in the central part of the Pacific Ocean along the coast of the Philippines , Nancy , Australia and Papua New Guinea . Lives at a depth of 5 to 200 m [2] .
Like all mitres, it is a predator and feeds on small gastropods and bivalves.
Synonyms
The synonymics of a taxon includes the following binomens [1] :
- Mitra (Nebularia) puncticulata Lamarck, 1811
- Mitra puncticulata Lamarck, 1811
- Tiarella puncticulata (Lamarck, 1811)
Notes
- β 1 2 3 Species of Quasimitra puncticulata (English) in the World Register of Marine Species . (Retrieved April 26, 2019) .
- β 1 2 3 Ershov V.E. , Kantor Yu. I. Sea shells. Brief identifier. - M .: Italic, 2008 .-- S. 184. - 3,000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-89592-059-6 .
Literature
- Dautzenberg Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III.
- Cernohorsky WO (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3 (17): 447.