Domiporta granatina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Domiporta granatina
Shell of Domiporta granatina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Domiporta
Species:
D. granatina
Binomial name
Domiporta granatina
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancilla (Domiporta) granatina (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Cancilla granatina (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Mitra granatina Lamarck, 1811 (original combination)
  • Mitra (Scabricola) ehrenbergi Jickeli, 1874 (junior synonym)
  • Neocancilla granatina (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Scabricola granatina (Lamarck, 1811)

Description

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This species attains a size of 30–60 mm.

Distribution

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Pacific: Okinawa. This species also occurs in the Red Sea,
Queensland, Australia, and in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra and the Mascarene Basin.

Habitat

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10–100 feet of water, on fine sand.

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2014). Domiporta granatina (Lamarck, 1811). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719038 on 2014-12-05
  • Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.
  • Maxwell S.J., Dekkers A.M., Berschauer D.P. & Congdon B.C. (2017). A new Domiporta species (Gastropoda, Mitridae) from tropical Queensland. The Festivus. 49(3): 199-205
  • Tsuchiya K. (2017). Family Mitridae. pp. 973–982, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp
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