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Scabricola olivaeformis

Scabricola olivaeformis

Classification

Family
Mitridae

Scabricola olivaeformis, common name the olive-shaped mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miter shells or miter snails. Distribution This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific off the Mascarene Basin and Réunion; in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines, Hawaii, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Japan and Okinawa Description The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 21 mm References Arianna Fulvo and Roberto Nistri (2005). 350 coquillages du monde entier.

Distribution

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