Quasimitra raphaeli explained

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 30.6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion.

External links

• Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1990). Descriptions of new mollusks from Reunion Island - II. Cerithidae, Lamellariidae, Buccinidae, Mitridae, and Veneridae. Venus. 49 (4): 271-279
• Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(2): 253-337]

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Quasimitra raphaeli (Drivas & Jay, 1990). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1060507 on 2019-01-04