Scabricola potensis

Scabricola potensis
	Shell of Scabricola potensis (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Scabricola
Species:	S. potensis
Binomial name
	Scabricola potensis; (Montrouzier, 1858)
Synonyms
	Mitra potensis Montrouzier, 1858 (original combination)

Scabricola potensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 24.5 mm. The species is known for its rough, elevated ridges and longitudinal striae on the shell. The suture isn't coronated, the aperture is effuse, and the outer lip is crenate.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the coast of New Caledonia, and in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf.

References

^ Scabricola potensis (Montrouzier, 1858). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 04/24/10.

Cernohorsky W.O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world. Part 2. The subfamily Mitrinae concluded and subfamilies Imbricariinae and Cylindromitrinae. Monographs of Marine Mollusca. 4: ii + 164 pp.
Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2008). Mitridae. Pp. 330-417, in: G.T. Poppe (ed.), Philippine marine mollusks, volume 2. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 848 pp

External links

Montrouzier [X.. (1858). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Calédonien (2è article). Journal de Conchyliologie. 7: 373-375]
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

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[WoRMS-1] Scabricola potensis (Montrouzier, 1858). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 04/24/10.

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