Scabricola bicolor

Scabricola bicolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Scabricola
Species:
S. bicolor
Binomial name
Scabricola bicolor
(Swainson, 1824)
Synonyms[1]
  • Imbricaria bicolor (Swainson, 1824)
  • Imbricaria filum Wood, 1828
  • Mitra bicolor Swainson, 1824
  • Swainsonia bicolor (Swainson, 1824)

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

Description

The species was first described by William Swainson under the name Mitra bicolor. The shell is smooth, polished, fusiform, white, with a brown central band. It seldom exceeds three-quarters of an inch in length.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off East Africa; in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar; Mauritius; Comoros; Seychelles

References

  1. ^ a b Scabricola bicolor (Swainson, 1824). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2018.
  2. ^ William Swainson (1829). "Zoological Illustrations Series II". Vol. I. Plate 19. Retrieved 24 Oct 2013.


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