Domiporta gloriola

Domiporta gloriola, the glorious mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Domiporta gloriola
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Domiporta
Species:
D. gloriola
Binomial name
Domiporta gloriola
(Cernohorsky, 1970)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancilla (Domiporta) gloriola (Cernohorsky, 1970)
  • Cancilla gloriola Cernohorsky, 1970 (original combination)
  • Mitra gracilis Reeve, 1844 (invalid: junior homonym of Mitra gravilis H.C. Lea, 1841)
  • Neocancilla gloriola (Cernohorsky, 1970)

Description

The shell size varies between 40 mm and 67 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Ryukyus, Japan

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Domiporta gloriola (Cernohorsky, 1970). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719036 on 5 December 2014
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world (Part 2). Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4. page(s): 97
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