Gemmulimitra rubiginosa

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

Gemmulimitra rubiginosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Gemmulimitra
Species:
G. rubiginosa
Binomial name
Gemmulimitra rubiginosa
Reeve, 1844
Synonyms
  • Mitra (Nebularia) rubiginosa Reeve, 1844

Description

The shell size varies between 24 mm and 50 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Eastern Indian Ocean; in the Pacific Ocean along Papua New Guinea; Fiji, the Philippines

References

  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 423
  • "Gastropods. com: Mitra (Nebularia) rubiginosa". Retrieved 11 December 2010.

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