Quasimitra variabilis

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

Quasimitra variabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Quasimitra
Species:	Q. variabilis
Binomial name
Quasimitra variabilis (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra cylindracea Reeve, 1844 Mitra polymorpha Tomlin, 1920 (unnecessary substitute name for Mitra variabilis, by Tomlin treated as a secondary homonym of Voluta variabilis Link, 1807) Mitra variabilis Reeve, 1844

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 46 mm.Quasimitra variabilis is a marine benthic gastropod that inhabits the sea floor.^[2] Its shell is dextrally coiled, or right-handed, and shows variable coloration and patterning. The species has been recorded off the coast of Queensland, Australia, indicating part of its range in the Pacific Ocean.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean off Australia.