Mitra (gastropod)
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Mitra is a large genus of medium to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitridae, the miter shells or mitre snails.[1]
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Mitra | |
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A drawing of a live individual of Mitra mitra showing its long proboscis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Mitridae |
Subfamily: | Mitrinae |
Genus: | Mitra Lamarck, 1798 |
Type species | |
Mitra mitra (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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This genus is named after the ecclesiastical headgear, the miter, because of the shells' general shape.
These sea snails create shells that are considered attractive by shell collectors; the shells are solid, high-spired and are often colorful.