Scabricola bicolor

Scabricola bicolor
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Scabricola
Species:	S. bicolor
Binomial name
	Scabricola bicolor; (Swainson, 1824)
Synonyms
	Imbricaria bicolor (Swainson, 1824); Imbricaria filum Wood, 1828; Mitra bicolor Swainson, 1824; Swainsonia bicolor (Swainson, 1824);

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

Description

The species was first described by William Swainson under the name Mitra bicolor. The shell is smooth, polished, fusiform, white, with a brown central band. It seldom exceeds three-quarters of an inch in length.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off East Africa; in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar; Mauritius; Comoros; Seychelles

References

^ ^a ^b Scabricola bicolor (Swainson, 1824). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2018.
^ William Swainson (1829). "Zoological Illustrations Series II". Vol. I. Plate 19. Retrieved 24 Oct 2013.

External links

Gastropods.com: Imbricaria bicolor

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[WoRMS-1] Scabricola bicolor (Swainson, 1824). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2018.

[2] William Swainson (1829). "Zoological Illustrations Series II". Vol. I. Plate 19. Retrieved 24 Oct 2013.

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