Species Strigatella litterata (Lamarck, 1811)
Lettered Mitre
- Mitra litterata Lamarck, J.P.B.A de M. 1811. Suite de la détermination des espèces de mollusques testacés, Mitre (Mitra). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 17: 54-80, 195-222 [220].
Type data:
Status unknown, Mauritius.Type locality references:
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528. - Columbella bizonalis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [294].
Type data:
Lectotype MHNG 1108/25. - Columbella hebraea Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [295].
Type data:
Lectotype MHNG 1108/26. - Mitra leopardina Küster, H.C. 1841. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Paris : Rosseau Vol. 5. [99, pl. 17, figs 4-5].
Type data:
Status unknown. - Mitra anaiis Lesson, R.P. 1842. Molluscorum species novae. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne 5: 102-288 [142].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHN, Gambier Islands. - Mitra maculosa Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 22, fig. 175, pl. 25, fig. 194].
Type data:
Lectotype Australia and Anaa I., Tuamotus. - Mitra (Strigatella) litterata minor Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L.J. 1923. Mitridés de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. Journal de Conchyliologie 67(1): 83-159 [145] [as Mitra (Strigatella) litterata var. minor Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923].
Type data:
Status unknown, New Caledonia. - Mitra (Strigatella) litterata major Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L.J. 1923. Mitridés de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. Journal de Conchyliologie 67(1): 83-159 [145] [as Mitra (Strigatella) litterata var. major Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923].
Type data:
Status unknown, New Caledonia. - Mitra (Strigatella) litterata inversicolor Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L.J. 1923. Mitridés de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. Journal de Conchyliologie 67(1): 83-159 [146] [as Mitra (Strigatella) litterata var. inversicolor Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923].
Type data:
Status unknown, Lifu, Loyalty Islands.
Generic Combinations
- Mitra (Strigatella) litterata Lamarck, 1811. —
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [152] - Strigatella litterata (Lamarck, 1811). —
Fedosov, A.E., Puillandre, N, Herrmann, M., Kantor, Y., Loverio, 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: 253-337
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific; also Lord Howe Island (C.422828); Coral Sea region 18 (C.329549); Tasman Sea region 14 (C.373494); Christmas Island (C.152445); Cocos (Keeling) Island C.372841
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, intertidal, marine, rocks.
Extra Ecological Information
On reefs, under rocks and coral, in crevices of coral and among algae
General References
Beechey, D.L. 2003. Family Mitridae - Coverage. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Mitridae/Pages/Mitridae_coverage.htm
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The Subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17): 273-528 [482, pl. 434]
Kohn, A.J. 1970. Food habits of the gastropod Mitra litterata Lamarck: relation to trophic structure of intertidal marine bench community in Hawaii. Pacific Science 24: 483-486
Subba Rao, N.V. & Dey, A. 1984. Contribution to the knowledge of Indian marine molluscs. I. Family Mitridae. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 61: 1-48 [25]
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [152, pl. 33, fig. 2]
Common Name References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [180] (Lettered Mitre)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | MITRIDAE | 31-Aug-2015 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 15-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |