Domiporta carnicolor
Shell of Domiporta carnicolor (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Mitridae
Subfamily:
Mitrinae
Genus:
Domiporta
Species:
D. carnicolor
Binomial name
Domiporta carnicolor
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancilla (Domiporta) carnicolor (Reeve, 1844)
  • Cancilla carnicolor (Reeve, 1844)
  • Mitra carnicolor Reeve, 1844 (original combination)

Domiporta carnicolor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene basin.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2014). Domiporta carnicolor (Reeve, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719023 on 2014-12-05
  • Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp


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