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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra (Strigatella) fastigium Reeve, 1845

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mitra fastigium Reeve, 1845
   Strigatella fuscescens Pease, 1860
   Mitra brunnea Pease, 1868

Distribution

East Africa and Mauritius to the Hawaiian Islands and Polynesia (Cernohorsky, 1976), Indo-West Pacific; Queensland south to the Capricorn Group (Wilson, 1994)

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMascarene IslandsMauritius
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaHawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.198 

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
habitat: coral reef [ under rocks and coral and in crevices ]

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.494 [ Distribution map (Pl. 446), synonymy, type information and general information. ]  General reference
 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.304 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.152 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Mitridae
                          Mitrinae
                            Mitra Lamarck, 1798
                              Mitra (Strigatella) Swainson, 1840
                                Mitra (Strigatella) fastigium Reeve, 1845

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13167) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-12.