Carinomitra typha

Carinomitra typha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Mitroidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Carinomitra
Species:
C. typha
Binomial name
Carinomitra typha
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Mitra (Strigatella) typha Reeve, 1845
  • Mitra micans Reeve, 1845
  • Mitra tenuis G. B. Sowerby II, 1874
  • Mitra typha Reeve, 1845
  • Strigatella typha (Reeve, 1845) · unaccepted
  • Thala alba Pease, 1868

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

Description

The shell is transparent, horny, very pyramidal, with a light fulvous band on the upper part of the whorls. The spire is acuminate. The aperture equals the spire in length. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. ^ Carinomitra typha (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2018.
  2. ^ Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379.
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