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Mitra mitra, common name the episcopal miter, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters. [ 1 ] Distribution
Mitra is a large genus of medium to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitridae, the miter shells or mitre snails. [1]This genus is named after the ecclesiastical headgear, the miter, because of the shells' general shape.
Leucochloridium paradoxum, the green-banded broodsac, is a parasitic flatworm (or helminth).Its intermediate hosts are land snails, usually of the genus Succinea.The pulsating, green broodsacs fill the eye stalks of the snail, thereby attracting predation by birds, the primary host.
Assiminea miniata Martens, 1866: synonym of Assiminea brevicula (Pfeiffer, 1855): synonym of Optediceros breviculum (Pfeiffer, 1855) (junior synonym) Assiminea miyazakii Habe, 1943: synonym of Pseudomphala miyazakii (Habe, 1943) (original combination) † Assiminea nicolasi Roman, 1912: synonym of † Hydrobia nicolasi (Roman, 1912) (new ...
The anatomy of a common air-breathing land snail: much of this anatomy does not apply to gastropods in other clades or groups. Snails are distinguished by an anatomical process known as torsion , where the visceral mass of the animal rotates 180° to one side during development, such that the anus is situated more or less above the head.
The snail has a light grey or brown body, with its lower tentacles being long and almost touching the ground. The shell has usual dimensions of 76 mm long and 27.5 mm in diameter. [ 4 ] The shape of the shell tapers to a point at both ends ( fusiform ) with a narrow oval- to crescent-shaped opening and a shortened axis of the spiral shell near ...
Strigatella assimilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails. [ 1 ] The species name Mitra assimilis Garrett, 1873 has been declared a synonym of Vexillum (Pusia) crocatum (Lamarck, 1811) [ 2 ]
Physa concolor Haldeman, 1841: synonym of Physella gyrina (Say, 1821) Physa columbiana (Hemphill, 1890) is a synonym for Physella columbiana (Hemphill, 1890) Physa gyrina (Say, 1821) is a synonym for Physella gyrina (Say, 1821) Physa hordacea (I. Lea, 1864): synonym of Physella hordacea (I. Lea, 1864)