Roseomitra millepunctata

Roseomitra millepunctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Roseomitra
Species:	R. millepunctata
Binomial name
	Roseomitra millepunctata; (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
	Mitra millepunctata G. B. Sowerby III, 1889; Mitra terryni Poppe, 2008;

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

Description

Members of the order Neogastropoda are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults

Distribution

This species occurs in the Philippines[2] and the Andaman Islands.[1]

References

Roseomitra millepunctata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2018.
Poppe G.T. (2008) New Fissurellidae, Epitoniidae, Aclididae, Mitridae and Costellariidae from the Philippines. Visaya 2(3): 37-63.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 14 December 2018.

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[WoRMS-1] Roseomitra millepunctata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2018.

[2] Poppe G.T. (2008) New Fissurellidae, Epitoniidae, Aclididae, Mitridae and Costellariidae from the Philippines. Visaya 2(3): 37-63.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 14 December 2018.