WHATSTHATFISH
Sea slugs & snails

Episcopal Miter

Mitra mitra

Also known as: Mitra, Mitra Shell, Mitra Snail, Pope Mitre Shell

Adult
@blogie · Punk Rock Dive Site, Island Garden City of Samal, Philippines · April 20121 / 1
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Overview

Found during the day, burrowed in the sand or under rocks, over intertidal zones, close to reefs, in the open at night foraging for food.
They feed on bivalves, gastropods and worms.

Mitres shells can be smooth or notched, the shell resembles a bishops mitre, hence the name!
Mitre shells are usually predatory but sometimes the scavange.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
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Found during the day, burrowed in the sand or under rocks, over intertidal zones, close to reefs, in the open at night foraging for food.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumMollusca
    3. classGastropoda
    4. orderNeogastropoda
    5. familyMitridae
    6. genusMitra
    7. speciesMitra mitra (Linnaeus, 1758)

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    More in the family

    Neogastropoda