Quasimitra lacunosa

Quasimitra lacunosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Quasimitra
Species:	Q. lacunosa
Binomial name
	Quasimitra lacunosa; (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms
	Quasimitra lacunosa (Reeve, 1844); Mitra lacunosa Reeve, 1844; Mitra mauritiana G. B. Sowerby II, 1874 ·;

Quasimitra lacunosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.^[1]

Description

(Described as Mitra mauritiana) This shell resembles Reeve's Mitra lacunosa, but it is regularly cancellated by pitted grooves and ridges. The form is cylindrical, with shouldered, straight-sided whorls. The lip of the aperture is slightly crenulated. ^[2]

Distribution

References

^ Quasimitra lacunosa (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2018.
^ Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379

External links

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[WoRMS-1] Quasimitra lacunosa (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2018.

[2] Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379

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