Strigatella imperialis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Strigatella |
| Species: | S. imperialis
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| Binomial name | |
| Strigatella imperialis (Röding, 1798)
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Strigatella imperialis (common name: imperial mitre) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
Description[edit]
The shell size varies between 37 mm and 65 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Fiji and the Solomons
References[edit]
- ^ a b Strigatella imperialis (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2018.
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice