Strigatella imperialis (common name: imperial mitre) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Strigatella |
| Species: | S. imperialis
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| Strigatella imperialis (Röding, 1798)
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Description
editThe shell size varies between 37 mm and 65 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Fiji and the Solomons. From 1863 to 2013, there have been 65 to 80 instances of this species along these areas, though most of them have been dropped.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Strigatella imperialis (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2018.
- ^ "Strigatella imperialis (Röding, 1798) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System". obis.org. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice