Mitra mitra

Mitra mitra
A Mitra mitra shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Mitra
Species:
M. mitra
Binomial name
Mitra mitra
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Mitra (Mitra) magnifica Poppe & Tagaro, 2006 · alternative representation
  • Mitra (Mitra) mitra (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Mitra carmelita (Röding, 1798)
  • Mitra episcopalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Mitra episcopalis (G. Perry, 1811)
  • Mitra magnifica Poppe & Tagaro, 2006 junior subjective synonym
  • Voluta mitra Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
  • Voluta mitra episcopalis Linnaeus, 1758 (suppressed by ICZN Opinion 885)

Mitra mitra, common name the episcopal miter, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters.

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