Strigatella aurantia | |
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Shell of Strigatella aurantia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Mitridae |
Genus: | Strigatella |
Species: | S. aurantia
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Binomial name | |
Strigatella aurantia (Gmelin, 1791)
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Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Strigatella aurantia (common name: orange mitre) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
The adult shell size varies between 21 mm and 58 mm
This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean at Mozambique, and in the Pacific Ocean at Papua New Guinea and the Solomons.