Episcomitra cornicula

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

Episcomitra cornicula
Shell of Episcomitra cornicula (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Subfamily:	Mitrinae
Genus:	Episcomitra
Species:	E. cornicula
Binomial name
Episcomitra cornicula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra (Mitra) cornicula (Linnaeus, 1758) Mitra buccinoidea Risso, 1826 Mitra cornea var. minor Weinkauff, 1868 Mitra cornicula (Linnaeus, 1758) Mitra cornicula var. glandina Pallary, 1903 Mitra cornicularis Lamarck, 1822 Mitra corniculum [sic] Mitra corniculum var. brusinae Kobelt, 1901 Mitra corniculum var. contraria Brusina, 1866 Mitra corniculum var. nigra Pallary, 1920 Mitra glabra Risso, 1826 Mitra graja Reeve, 1845 Mitra inflata Risso, 1826 Mitra insolata Sowerby G.B. II, 1874 Mitra lactea Philippi, 1836 Mitra laevigata Bosc, 1801 Mitra lutescens Lamarck, 1811 Mitra media Risso, 1826 Mitra nitens Risso, 1826 Mitra nitida A. Adams, 1853 Mitra obtusa Locard, 1886 Mitra philippiana Forbes, 1844 Mitra simplex Sowerby G.B. II, 1874 Mitra spongiarum Menke, 1829 Voluta cornicula Linnaeus, 1758 Voluta laevigata Gmelin, 1791 Voluta schroeteri Link, 1807

Description

The length of the shell varies between 11 mm and 40 mm.

The shell is short, solid, ventricose and chestnut. The whorls are rounded, the body whorl ventricose in the middle, contracted below, with two or three spiral grooves. The outer lip is flexuous.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean and in tropical seas.