Gemmulimitra boucheti

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

Gemmulimitra boucheti
Shell of Gemmulimitra boucheti (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Mitroidea
Family: Mitridae
Subfamily: Mitrinae
Genus: Gemmulimitra
Species:
G. boucheti
Binomial name
Gemmulimitra boucheti
(Cernohorsky, 1988)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra (Nebularia) boucheti Cernohorsky, 1988
  • Mitra boucheti Cernohorsky, 1988

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off RĂ©union

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Gemmulimitra boucheti (Cernohorsky, 1988). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1060780 on 2019-01-04
  • Cernohorsky W.O. (1988) The Mitridae, Costellariidae and Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) recently dredged at Reunion Island, Indian Ocean, with descriptions of new species. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 25: 75-85.


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