Strigatella coffea
Strigatella coffea, (common name : the coffee mitre), is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
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| Strigatella coffea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Strigatella |
| Species: | S. coffea |
| Binomial name | |
| Strigatella coffea (Schubert & Wagner, 1829) | |
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Description
The shell size varies between 32 mm and 60 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along Tahiti and Hawaii
References
- Strigatella coffea (Schubert & Wagner, 1829). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2018.
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