Probata barbadensis

Probata barbadensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Probata
Species:
P. barbadensis
Binomial name
Probata barbadensis
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex zebrula Meuschen, 1787
  • Mitra barbadensis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Voluta barbadensis Gmelin, 1791
  • Voluta striatula Schröter, 1804
  • Mitra santomensis Félix-Alves & Fernandes, 1989

Probata barbadensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[2]

Description

This species attains a size around 45 mm.

Distribution

Relatively shallow water off the coast of east Florida, the Florida Keys, the Caribbean Region, and the western Atlantic south to eastern Brazil.

References

  1. ^ Malacolog : Mitra barbadensis
  2. ^ Probata barbadensis (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2018.
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