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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra (Mitra) nivea (Broderip, 1836)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Tiara nivea Broderip, 1836
   Mitra norrisii Reeve, 1844

Distribution

Japan to the Solomon Islands and Polynesia.

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaJapan
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificSolomon Islands
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaFrench Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise)Society Islands (Iles de la Societe)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaFrench Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise)Tuamotu Archipelago (Iles Tuamotu)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaCook Islands
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaFrench Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise)Gambier Islands (Iles Gambier)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaJapan
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-China
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern Pacific
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.213 

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: subtidal [ from 10 (18 m) ]
substrate: sand 

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.335 [ distribution, synonymy, type information and general information ]  General reference
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.96 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) nivea (Broderip, 1836)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=45296) created by Jason D. Weintraub on 2001-04-30. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-12.