Quasimitra puncticulata

Quasimitra puncticulata, common name : the punctured mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.^[1]

Quasimitra puncticulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Quasimitra
Species:	Q. puncticulata
Binomial name
Quasimitra puncticulata (Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra (Nebularia) puncticulata Lamarck, 1811 Mitra puncticulata Lamarck, 1811

Description

The shell size varies between 25 mm and 57 mm.^[2]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Central Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Okinawa, Australia and Papua New Guinea.