Mitra mitra

Mitra mitra
A Mitra mitra shell
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Mitra
Species:
M. mitra
Binomial name
Mitra mitra
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Mitra carmelita (Röding, 1798)
  • Mitra episcopalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Mitra episcopalis (G. Perry, 1811)

Mitra mitra, common name the episcopal miter, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters.

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