Domiporta praestantissima

Domiporta praestantissima
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Domiporta
Species:	D. praestantissima
Binomial name
	Domiporta praestantissima; (Röding, 1758)
Synonyms
	Cancilla (Domiporta) praestantissima (Röding, 1798); Cancilla praestantissima (Röding, 1798); Mitra praestantissima Röding, 1798; Subcancilla praestantissima (Röding, 1798);

Domiporta praestantissima, the most superior mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the miter snail family.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 61 mm.

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean off Polynesia
and off Japan.

Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2008). Mitridae. pp. 330–417, in: G.T. Poppe (ed.), Philippine marine mollusks, volume 2. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 848 pp.

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