Quasimitra puncticulata
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| taxon = Quasimitra puncticulata
| authority = (Lamarck, 1811)
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- Mitra (Nebularia) puncticulata Lamarck, 1811
- Mitra puncticulata Lamarck, 1811
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Quasimitra puncticulata, common name : the punctured mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.{{WRMS species|1060492|Quasimitra puncticulata Lamarck, 1811||14 December 2018}}
Description
The shell size varies between 25 mm and 57 mm.{{Gastropods.com|key=7|id=1127|title=Mitra (Mitra) puncticulata|access-date=10 December 2010}}
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Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Central Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Okinawa, Australia and Papua New Guinea.
References
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- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 447
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