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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra (Mitra) bovei Kiener, 1838

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mitra bovei Kiener, 1838
   Mitra abacophora Melvill, 1888

Distribution

Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, to the Persian Gulf and western India.

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed SeaGulf of Aqaba
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaPersian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaIndia (W)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.29 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-Arabia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaIndia (W)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed SeaGulf of Aqaba

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
habitat: on rocks [ on sand and rock substratum ]
substrate: rocks 
substrate: sand 

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.311 [ Distribution map (Pl. 264), synonymy, type information and general information ]  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) bovei Kiener, 1838

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=45280) created by Jason D. Weintraub on 2001-04-30. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-03-03.