Scabricola olivaeformis
Species of gastropod
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Scabricola olivaeformis, common name the olive-shaped mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miter shells or miter snails.[2]
| Scabricola olivaeformis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Scabricola |
| Species: | S. olivaeformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Scabricola olivaeformis (Swainson, 1821) | |
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific off the Mascarene Basin and Réunion; in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines, Hawaii, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Japan and Okinawa
Description
The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 21 mm
