Strigatella aurora

Strigatella aurora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Strigatella
Species:	S. aurora
Binomial name
	Strigatella aurora; (Dohrn, 1861)
Synonyms
	Mitra aurora Dohrn, 1861;

Strigatella aurora is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.^[1]

Description

This species attains a size of 50 mm. Its shell is red or brown in color, with large irregular white blotches. The animal itself is a red-brown with white edges.^[2]

Distribution

Strigatella aurora is found from the Red Sea to the Marshall Islands and Hawaii, typically in shallow water.^[2]

References

↑ Strigatella aurora (Dohrn, 1861). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2018.
1 2 Ryanskiy, Andrey (2022-11-10). Living Seashells of the Tropical Indo-Pacific. Andrey Ryanskiy. p. 182. ISBN 978-5-6042049-9-3.

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[WoRMS-1] Strigatella aurora (Dohrn, 1861). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2018.

[:0-2] 1 2 Ryanskiy, Andrey (2022-11-10). Living Seashells of the Tropical Indo-Pacific. Andrey Ryanskiy. p. 182. ISBN 978-5-6042049-9-3.

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