Scabricola bicolor
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Scabricola |
| Species: | S. bicolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Scabricola bicolor (Swainson, 1824)
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Scabricola bicolor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
Description[edit]
The species was first described by William Swainson under the name Mitra bicolor. The shell is smooth, polished, fusiform, white, with a brown central band. It seldom exceeds three-quarters of an inch in length.[2]
Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs off East Africa; in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar; Mauritius; Comoros; Seychelles
References[edit]
- ^ a b Scabricola bicolor (Swainson, 1824). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2018.
- ^ William Swainson (1829). "Zoological Illustrations Series II". Vol. I. Plate 19. Retrieved 24 Oct 2013.
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