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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra (Mitra) nubila nubila (Gmelin, 1791)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Voluta nubila Gmelin, 1791
   Mitra versicolor Lamarck, 1811
   Mitra nivosa Swainson, 1822
   Mitra nebulosa Reeve, 1844
   Mitra propinqua Adams, 1853
   Mitra erronea Dohrn, 1861
   Mitra brettinghami Smith, 1906

Distribution

Red Sea to Tonga and the Phoenix Islands (Cernohorsky, 1976), Indo-west Pacific; recorded from Darwin (Wilson, 1994)

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMadagascar
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificTonga
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaKiribatiPhoenix Islands
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaHawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificSolomon Islands
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificFiji
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificSamoan Islands
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaKiribatiPhoenix Islands
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.42 

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
habitat: coral reef 
substrate: sand [ shows a preference for clean and usually coarse coral sand ]

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.313 [ Distribution map (Pl. 267), synonymy, type information and general reference. ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.146 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Mitridae
                          Mitrinae
                            Mitra Lamarck, 1798
                              Mitra (Mitra) Lamarck, 1798
                                Mitra (Mitra) nubila (Gmelin, 1791)
                                  Mitra (Mitra) nubila nubila (Gmelin, 1791)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13077) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-03-26.