''Quasimitra'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the subfamily
Mitrinae of the
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
Mitridae
Mitridae, known as mitres or mitre shells, are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of sea snails, widely distributed marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Mitroidea.
Both the Latin name and the common name a ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Quasimitra'' include:
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Quasimitra albocarnea
''Quasimitra albocarnea'' is a species of sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk, in the family (biology), family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Quasimitra albocarnea'' (Bozzetti, 2016). Accessed throug ...
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(Bozzetti, 2016)
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Quasimitra barbieri''
(Poppe & Tagaro, 2006) (unreplaced junior homonym)
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Quasimitra bovei
''Quasimitra bovei'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Description
The length of the shell attains 50.6 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea
T ...
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(Kiener, 1838)
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Quasimitra brettinghami''
(E. A. Smith, 1906)
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Quasimitra cardinalis''
(Gmelin, 1791)
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Quasimitra floccata''
(Reeve, 1844)
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Quasimitra fulgurita''
(Reeve, 1844)
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Quasimitra lacunosa
''Quasimitra lacunosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Description
(Described as ''Mitra mauritiana'') This shell resembles Reeve's ''Mitra lacunosa'', but it is regula ...
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(Reeve, 1844)
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Quasimitra lamarckii''
(Deshayes, 1832)
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Quasimitra latruncularia''
(Reeve, 1844)
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Quasimitra leforti
''Quasimitra leforti'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or ...
''
(H. Turner, 2007)
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Quasimitra manuellae''
(T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 2006)
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Quasimitra marmorea''
(H. Turner, 2007)
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Quasimitra nubila
''Quasimitra nubila'', common name the particolored mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 34 mm and 81 mm.
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(Gmelin, 1791)
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Quasimitra nympha''
(Reeve, 1845)
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Quasimitra propinqua''
(A. Adams, 1853)
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Quasimitra pseudobovei
''Quasimitra pseudobovei'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marria ...
''
(T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 2005)
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Quasimitra puncticulata
''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.
Description
The shell size varies between 25 mm and 57 mm.
D ...
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(Lamarck, 1811)
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Quasimitra punctostriata
''Quasimitra punctostriata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marri ...
''
(Lamarck, 1811)
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Quasimitra raphaeli
''Quasimitra raphaeli'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Quasimitra raphaeli'' (Drivas & Jay, 1990). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...
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(Drivas & Jay, 1990)
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Quasimitra rinaldii''
(H. Turner, 1993)
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Quasimitra roselineae
''Quasimitra roselineae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Quasimitra roselineae'' (Martin & Salisbury, 2013). Accessed through: World Register of M ...
''
(J. C. Martin & R. Salisbury, 2013)
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Quasimitra rossiae
''Quasimitra rossiae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or ...
''
(Reeve, 1844)
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Quasimitra rubrolaterculus
''Quasimitra rubrolaterculus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marr ...
''
R. Aiken & Seccombe, 2019
* ''
Quasimitra sanguinolenta''
(Lamarck, 1811)
* ''
Quasimitra sarmientoi''
(Poppe, 2008)
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Quasimitra solida''
(Reeve, 1844)
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Quasimitra sophiae''
(Crosse, 1862)
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Quasimitra stossieri''
(Herrmann, 2016)
* ''
Quasimitra structilis''
(Herrmann & R. Salisbury, 2013)
* ''
Quasimitra variabilis''
(Reeve, 1844)
;Synonyms:
* ''Quasimitra houarti''
Dharma, 2021: synonym of ''Quasimitra stossieri''
(Herrmann, 2016) (junior subjective synonym)
References
External links
Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(2): 253-337
Mitridae
Gastropod genera
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