Pterygia scabricula
Pterygia scabricula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
Pterygia scabricula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Mitridae |
Genus: | Pterygia |
Species: | P. scabricula |
Binomial name | |
Pterygia scabricula (Linnaeus, 1767) | |
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Description
Distribution
Indo-Pacific.
This marine species occurs off Madagascar, Japan, Western Samoa.
References
- Pterygia scabricula (Linnaeus, 1767). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2018.
- 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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