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Domiporta filaris

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Domiporta filaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Domiporta
Species:
D. filaris
Binomial name
Domiporta filaris
(Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancilla (Domiporta) filaris (Linnaeus, 1771)
  • Cancilla filaris (Linnaeus, 1771)
  • Cancilla filiaris [sic] (misspelling)
  • Domiporta filaris (Linnaeus, C., 1771)
  • Domiporta filosa bernardiana Philippi, R.A., 1850
  • Mitra bornii Philippi, R.A., 1850
  • Mitra crebrilineata Sowerby, G.B. II, 1874
  • Mitra filaris (Linnaeus, 1771)
  • Mitra filiaris [sic] (misspelling)
  • Mitra nexilis "Martyn, T." Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Voluta filaris Linnaeus, 1771 (original combination)
  • Voluta filosa Born, I. von, 1778
  • Voluta leucosticta Gmelin, J.F., 1791

Domiporta filaris, the file mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Description

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The shell size varies between 14 mm and 55 mm

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Chagos and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii; and off Australia.

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2014). Domiporta filaris (Linnaeus, 1771). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719034 on 2014-12-05
  • Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis of its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43–50
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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  • "Domiporta filaris". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 December 2010.