Species of gastropod
Domiporta filaris
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Mollusca
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Class:
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Gastropoda
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Subclass:
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Caenogastropoda
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Order:
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Neogastropoda
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Family:
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Mitridae
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Genus:
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Domiporta
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Species:
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D. filaris
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Binomial name
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Domiporta filaris
(Linnaeus, 1771)
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Synonyms[1]
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- Cancilla (Domiporta) filaris (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Cancilla filaris (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Cancilla filiaris [sic] (misspelling)
- Domiporta filaris (Linnaeus, C., 1771)
- Domiporta filosa bernardiana Philippi, R.A., 1850
- Mitra bornii Philippi, R.A., 1850
- Mitra crebrilineata Sowerby, G.B. II, 1874
- Mitra filaris (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Mitra filiaris [sic] (misspelling)
- Mitra nexilis "Martyn, T." Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
- Voluta filaris Linnaeus, 1771 (original combination)
- Voluta filosa Born, I. von, 1778
- Voluta leucosticta Gmelin, J.F., 1791
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Domiporta filaris, the file mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
The shell size varies between 14 mm and 55 mm
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This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Chagos and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii; and off Australia.
- Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis of its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43–50
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice