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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra (Mitra) nubila hawaiiensis Kay, 1979

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mitra nubila lamarckii auct.
   Mitra hawaiiensis Kay, 1979

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)

Keywords

depth: intertidal and subtidal [ from the intertidal zone to a depth of 10 fathoms ]
substrate: coral sand [ shows a preference for clean and usually coarse coral sand ]

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.315 [ as Mitra nubila lamarckii; Distribution map (Pl. 267), synonymy, type information and general information ]  General reference
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. p.10 [ M. nubila lamarckii is a nomen dubium and M. nubila hawaiiensis Kay, 1979 is the name applied to Hawaiian populations previously known as lamarckii; additional reference type = Type information. ]  Synonomy

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 hawaiiensis Kay, 1979

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=45849) created by Jason D. Weintraub on 2001-05-03. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-03-03.