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Family: Mitridae miter shells (See list of species below)

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191 species in Pacific, Western Central with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Cancilla abyssicola []	No picture found Cancilla acuminata []	No picture found Cancilla armonica []
No picture found Cancilla baeri []	No picture found Cancilla duplilirata []	No picture found Cancilla fulgetrum []
Cancilla gloriola []	No picture found Cancilla herklotsiana []	No picture found Cancilla isabella []
No picture found Cancilla morchii []	No picture found Cancilla nadayaoi []	No picture found Cancilla poppei []
Cancilla praestantissima []	No picture found Cancilla rikae []	No picture found Cancilla rubiginosa []
No picture found Cancilla suturata []	No picture found Carinomitra typha []	No picture found Domiporta carnicolor []
Domiporta filaris []	No picture found Domiporta granatina [Flecked miter]	Imbricaria annulata []
No picture found Imbricaria conovula []	Imbricaria conularis [Cone mitre]	No picture found Imbricaria conus []
Imbricaria olivaeformis [Olive-shaped mitre]	No picture found Imbricaria punctata [Bonelike mitre]	No picture found Imbricaria vanikoroensis []
No picture found Mitra abbatis []	Mitra acuminata [Acuminate mitre]	No picture found Mitra aglais []
No picture found Mitra amaura []	Mitra aurantia [Orange mitre]	No picture found Mitra auriculoides []
No picture found Mitra aurora []	No picture found Mitra avenacea []	No picture found Mitra barbieri []
No picture found Mitra bellula []	Mitra bernhardina []	No picture found Mitra cardinalis [Cardinal mitre]
No picture found Mitra christinae []	Mitra chrysalis [Chrysalis mitre]	Mitra chrysostoma [Gold-mouth mitre]
No picture found Mitra cingulata []	No picture found Mitra coarctata []	No picture found Mitra coffea [Coffee mitre]
No picture found Mitra colombelliformis []	Mitra contracta [Contracted mitre]	Mitra coronata [Crowned mitre]
No picture found Mitra cucumerina [Kettle mitre]	No picture found Mitra cuyosae []	No picture found Mitra decurtata [Shortened mitre]
No picture found Mitra deynzeri []	No picture found Mitra doliolum []	No picture found Mitra dondani []
Mitra eremitarum [Adusta miter]	No picture found Mitra fastigium []	Mitra ferruginea []
Mitra fraga [Strawberry mitre]	Mitra fulvescens [Tawny mitre]	No picture found Mitra glaphyria []
No picture found Mitra gracilefragum []	No picture found Mitra granata []	No picture found Mitra hilli []
Mitra imperialis [Imperial mitra]	No picture found Mitra incarnata []	Mitra incompta [Tessellate mitre]
No picture found Mitra isabella []	No picture found Mitra lienardi []	Mitra litterata []
Mitra luctuosa []	No picture found Mitra lugubris []	No picture found Mitra maesta []
No picture found Mitra magnifica []	No picture found Mitra marrowi []	Mitra mitra [Episcopal miter]
No picture found Mitra multiplicata []	No picture found Mitra nubila []	No picture found Mitra oliverai []
Mitra papalis [Papal mitre]	No picture found Mitra patriarchale []	No picture found Mitra paupercula [Poor mitre]
No picture found Mitra pecularis []	No picture found Mitra peculiaris []	Mitra pediculus []
No picture found Mitra pele []	No picture found Mitra pelliserpentis []	No picture found Mitra pudica [Modest mitre]
Mitra puncticulata []	Mitra pyramis [Pyramis mitre]	No picture found Mitra reticulata []
No picture found Mitra retusa [Blunted mitre]	Mitra rosacea []	No picture found Mitra rotundilirata []
No picture found Mitra rubiginea []	No picture found Mitra rubritincta [Red-painted mitre]	No picture found Mitra ruepellii []
No picture found Mitra saltata []	No picture found Mitra salva []	No picture found Mitra sarinoae []
No picture found Mitra sarmientoi []	No picture found Mitra scutulata []	No picture found Mitra sigillata []
Mitra stictica [Pontifical miter]	No picture found Mitra tabanula []	No picture found Mitra tagaroae []
No picture found Mitra terryni []	Mitra tuberosa []	No picture found Mitra turgida []
Mitra ustulata [Scorched mitre]	Mitra vexillum [Vexillate mitre]	No picture found Mutyca kamehameha []
No picture found Nebularia aurora []	No picture found Nebularia edentula []	No picture found Nebularia petrosa []
No picture found Nebularia rutila []	No picture found Nebularia vultuosa []	No picture found Neocancilla clathra []
Neocancilla clathrus [Clathrus mitre]	No picture found Neocancilla condei []	No picture found Neocancilla coriacea []
No picture found Neocancilla lavoisieri []	Neocancilla papilio []	No picture found Neocancilla papuiio []
No picture found Neocancilla splendidula []	No picture found Neocancilla takiisaoi [Isao taki mitre]	No picture found Neocancilla vicdani []
No picture found Pterygia arctata []	Pterygia crenulata [Crenulate mitre]	No picture found Pterygia dactylus [Finger mitre]
No picture found Pterygia deburghiae []	No picture found Pterygia fenestrata [Fenestrate mitre]	No picture found Pterygia glans []
No picture found Pterygia japonica []	No picture found Pterygia nucea [Nut mitre]	No picture found Pterygia scabricula [Rough mitre]
No picture found Pterygia sinensis []	No picture found Pterygia undulosa []	No picture found Scabricola caerulea []
No picture found Scabricola casta []	No picture found Scabricola desetangsii [Desetang's mitre]	No picture found Scabricola eximia []
No picture found Scabricola fusca []	No picture found Scabricola hayashii []	No picture found Scabricola lorenzi []
No picture found Scabricola lugubris []	No picture found Scabricola martini []	No picture found Scabricola melvilli []
No picture found Scabricola petiti []	No picture found Scabricola potensis []	No picture found Scabricola variegata [Variegated mitre]
No picture found Scabricola yaekoae []	No picture found Strigatella ambigua []	No picture found Strigatella crassicostata []
No picture found Strigatella nana []	No picture found Strigatella paupercula []	No picture found Strigatella pica []
No picture found Strigatella telescopium []	No picture found Strigatella ticaonica []	No picture found Strigatella zebra []
No picture found Subcancilla circula []	Subcancilla interlirata []	No picture found Subcancilla rufescens []
No picture found Subcancilla shikamai []	No picture found Subcancilla verrusosa []	No picture found Subcancilla yagurai []
No picture found Swainsonia albina []	No picture found Swainsonia cloveri []	No picture found Swainsonia fissurata []
No picture found Swainsonia incisa []	No picture found Swainsonia limata []	No picture found Swainsonia millepunctata []
No picture found Swainsonia newcombii []	No picture found Swainsonia ocellata []	No picture found Tiarella deprofundis []
No picture found Tiarella gorii []	No picture found Tiarella papalis []	No picture found Ziba amoena []
No picture found Ziba bacillum [Philippine mitre]	No picture found Ziba cloveri []	No picture found Ziba dianneae []
No picture found Ziba flammea []	No picture found Ziba flammigera []	No picture found Ziba hrdlickai []
No picture found Ziba insculpta []	No picture found Ziba interlirata [Interlyrate miter]	No picture found Ziba padangensis []
No picture found Ziba polycincta []	No picture found Ziba rehderi [Rehder's mitre]	No picture found Ziba rufilirata []
No picture found Ziba salisburyi []	No picture found Ziba verrucosa []

191 Species of Family Mitridae
(miter shells)

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Cancilla abyssicola		Western Central Pacific
Cancilla acuminata		Western Central Pacific
Cancilla armonica		Western Central Pacific
Cancilla baeri		Western Central Pacific
Cancilla duplilirata		Western Central Pacific
Cancilla fulgetrum		Western Central Pacific.
Cancilla gloriola		Western Central Pacific
Cancilla herklotsiana		Western Central Pacific
Cancilla isabella		Western Central Pacific
Cancilla morchii		Western Central Pacific
Cancilla nadayaoi		Western Central Pacific
Cancilla poppei		Western Central Pacific
Cancilla praestantissima		Western Central Pacific
Cancilla rikae		Western Central Pacific
Cancilla rubiginosa		Western Central Pacific
Cancilla suturata		Western Central Pacific
Carinomitra typha		Pacific Ocean.
Domiporta carnicolor		Central Pacific
Domiporta filaris		Central Pacific.
Domiporta granatina	Flecked miter	Indo-Pacific.
Imbricaria annulata		Central Pacific
Imbricaria conovula		Central Pacific.
Imbricaria conularis	Cone mitre	Central Pacific.
Imbricaria conus		Western Central Pacific
Imbricaria olivaeformis	Olive-shaped mitre	Central Pacific.
Imbricaria punctata	Bonelike mitre	Indo-Pacific.
Imbricaria vanikoroensis		Western Central Pacific
Mitra abbatis		Western Central Pacific
Mitra acuminata	Acuminate mitre	Central Pacific.
Mitra aglais		Western Central Pacific
Mitra amaura		Western Central Pacific
Mitra aurantia	Orange mitre	Pacific Ocean.
Mitra auriculoides		Central Pacific.
Mitra aurora		Central Pacific.
Mitra avenacea		Central Pacific.
Mitra barbieri		Western Central Pacific
Mitra bellula		Western Central Pacific
Mitra bernhardina		Central Pacific
Mitra cardinalis	Cardinal mitre	Central Pacific.
Mitra christinae		Western Central Pacific
Mitra chrysalis	Chrysalis mitre	Western Central Pacific
Mitra chrysostoma	Gold-mouth mitre	Central Pacific.
Mitra cingulata		Western Central Pacific
Mitra coarctata		Central Pacific.
Mitra coffea	Coffee mitre	Central Pacific.
Mitra colombelliformis		Central Pacific
Mitra contracta	Contracted mitre	Indo-Pacific.
Mitra coronata	Crowned mitre	Pacific Ocean.
Mitra cucumerina	Kettle mitre	Central Pacific.
Mitra cuyosae		Western Central Pacific
Mitra decurtata	Shortened mitre	Central Pacific.
Mitra deynzeri		Western Central Pacific
Mitra doliolum		Western Central Pacific
Mitra dondani		Central Pacific
Mitra eremitarum	Adusta miter	Indo-West Pacific	8 SHL
Mitra fastigium		Pacific Ocean.
Mitra ferruginea		Central Pacific.
Mitra fraga	Strawberry mitre	Central Pacific.
Mitra fulvescens	Tawny mitre	Central Pacific.
Mitra glaphyria		Western Central Pacific
Mitra gracilefragum		Western Central Pacific
Mitra granata		Western Central Pacific
Mitra hilli		Western Central Pacific
Mitra imperialis	Imperial mitra	Western Central Pacific.
Mitra incarnata		Western Central Pacific
Mitra incompta	Tessellate mitre	Central Pacific
Mitra isabella		Western Pacific
Mitra lienardi		Central Pacific
Mitra litterata		Indo-West Pacific.
Mitra luctuosa		Indo-Pacific.
Mitra lugubris		Pacific Ocean.
Mitra maesta		Western Central Pacific
Mitra magnifica		Western Central Pacific
Mitra marrowi		Western Central Pacific
Mitra mitra	Episcopal miter	Indo-Pacific.	18 SHL
Mitra multiplicata		Western Central Pacific
Mitra nubila		Western Central Pacific
Mitra oliverai		Western Central Pacific
Mitra papalis	Papal mitre	Central Pacific.
Mitra patriarchale		Western Central Pacific
Mitra paupercula	Poor mitre	Central Pacific.
Mitra pecularis		Western Central Pacific
Mitra peculiaris		Western Central Pacific
Mitra pediculus		Western Central Pacific
Mitra pele		Central Pacific
Mitra pelliserpentis		Central Pacific.
Mitra pudica	Modest mitre	Central Pacific.
Mitra puncticulata		Western Central Pacific
Mitra pyramis	Pyramis mitre	Western Central Pacific
Mitra reticulata		Western Central Pacific
Mitra retusa	Blunted mitre	Western Central Pacific.
Mitra rosacea		Indo-West Pacific.
Mitra rotundilirata		Western Central Pacific
Mitra rubiginea		Western Central Pacific
Mitra rubritincta	Red-painted mitre	Central Pacific.
Mitra ruepellii		Western Central Pacific
Mitra saltata		Central Pacific
Mitra salva		Western Central Pacific
Mitra sarinoae		Western Central Pacific
Mitra sarmientoi		Western Central Pacific
Mitra scutulata		Pacific Ocean.
Mitra sigillata		Western Central Pacific
Mitra stictica	Pontifical miter	Indo-Pacific.	8 SHL
Mitra tabanula		Western Central Pacific
Mitra tagaroae		Western Central Pacific
Mitra terryni		Western Central Pacific
Mitra tuberosa		Central Pacific
Mitra turgida		Central Pacific.
Mitra ustulata	Scorched mitre	Central Pacific.
Mitra vexillum	Vexillate mitre	Western Central Pacific
Mutyca kamehameha		Western Central Pacific
Nebularia aurora		Western Central Pacific
Nebularia edentula		Pacific Ocean
Nebularia petrosa		Central Pacific
Nebularia rutila		Western Central Pacific
Nebularia vultuosa		Western Central Pacific
Neocancilla clathra		Western Central Pacific
Neocancilla clathrus	Clathrus mitre	Central Pacific.
Neocancilla condei		Western Central Pacific
Neocancilla coriacea		Western Central Pacific
Neocancilla lavoisieri		Western Central Pacific
Neocancilla papilio		Central Pacific.
Neocancilla papuiio		Western Central Pacific
Neocancilla splendidula		Western Central Pacific
Neocancilla takiisaoi	Isao taki mitre	Pacific Ocean.
Neocancilla vicdani		Western Central Pacific
Pterygia arctata		Western Central Pacific
Pterygia crenulata	Crenulate mitre	Central Pacific.
Pterygia dactylus	Finger mitre	Western Central Pacific
Pterygia deburghiae		Western Central Pacific
Pterygia fenestrata	Fenestrate mitre	Central Pacific.
Pterygia glans		Western Central Pacific
Pterygia japonica		Western Central Pacific
Pterygia nucea	Nut mitre	Central Pacific.
Pterygia scabricula	Rough mitre	Central Pacific.
Pterygia sinensis		Western Central Pacific
Pterygia undulosa		Western Central Pacific
Scabricola caerulea		Western Central Pacific
Scabricola casta		Central Pacific.
Scabricola desetangsii	Desetang's mitre	Indo-West Pacific
Scabricola eximia		Western Central Pacific
Scabricola fusca		Western Central Pacific
Scabricola hayashii		Western Central Pacific
Scabricola lorenzi		Western Central Pacific
Scabricola lugubris		Western Central Pacific
Scabricola martini		Western Central Pacific
Scabricola melvilli		Western Central Pacific
Scabricola petiti		Western Central Pacific
Scabricola potensis		Western Central Pacific
Scabricola variegata	Variegated mitre	Western Central Pacific
Scabricola yaekoae		Western Central Pacific
Strigatella ambigua		Central Pacific
Strigatella crassicostata		Western Central Pacific
Strigatella nana		Western Central Pacific
Strigatella paupercula		Western Central Pacific
Strigatella pica		Pacific Ocean
Strigatella telescopium		Western Central Pacific
Strigatella ticaonica		Central Pacific
Strigatella zebra		Western Central Pacific
Subcancilla circula		Western Central Pacific
Subcancilla interlirata		Western Central Pacific
Subcancilla rufescens		Western Central Pacific
Subcancilla shikamai		Western Central Pacific
Subcancilla verrusosa		Western Central Pacific
Subcancilla yagurai		Western Central Pacific
Swainsonia albina		Western Central Pacific
Swainsonia cloveri		Western Central Pacific
Swainsonia fissurata		Western Central Pacific
Swainsonia incisa		Western Central Pacific
Swainsonia limata		Western Central Pacific
Swainsonia millepunctata		Western Central Pacific
Swainsonia newcombii		Central Pacific
Swainsonia ocellata		Western Central Pacific
Tiarella deprofundis		Western Central Pacific
Tiarella gorii		Western Central Pacific
Tiarella papalis		Western Central Pacific
Ziba amoena		Western Central Pacific
Ziba bacillum	Philippine mitre	Western Central Pacific
Ziba cloveri		Western Central Pacific	2.5 SHL
Ziba dianneae		Western Central Pacific
Ziba flammea		Western Central Pacific
Ziba flammigera		Western Central Pacific
Ziba hrdlickai		Western Central Pacific
Ziba insculpta		Western Central Pacific
Ziba interlirata	Interlyrate miter	Western Pacific
Ziba padangensis		Western Central Pacific
Ziba polycincta		Western Central Pacific
Ziba rehderi	Rehder's mitre	Western Central Pacific
Ziba rufilirata		Western Central Pacific
Ziba salisburyi		Western Central Pacific
Ziba verrucosa		Western Central Pacific

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