Strigatella subruppelli

Strigatella subruppelli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Mitroidea
Family:	Mitridae
Subfamily:	Strigatellinae
Genus:	Strigatella
Species:	S. subruppelli
Binomial name
Strigatella subruppelli (Finlay, 1927)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra (Nebularia) aurantia subruppeli Finlay, 1927 Mitra aurantia subruppeli Finlay, 1927 Mitra multisulcata G. B. Sowerby III, 1914 (invalid: junior homonym of Mitra mulltisulcata Harris, 1897; Mitra subruppelli is a replacement name) Mitra subruppeli Finlay, 1927 (incorrect original spelling) Mitra subruppelli Finlay, 1927

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species has a wide distribution and occurs from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa to the Gulf of Oman and Western India.

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