Mitra stictica

Mitra (Mitra) stictica

Five views of a shell of Mitra stictica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Mitra
Species:	M. stictica
Binomial name
*Mitra (Mitra) stictica* (Link, 1807)
Synonyms
Mitra cardinalis Röding, P.F., 1798 Mitra abbatis Perry, G., 1811 Mitra pontificalis Lamarck, 1811 Mitra stricta (misspelling) Mitra coronata Schumacher, H.C.F., 1817 Voluta thiara Dillwyn, L.W., 1817 Mitra confluens Dautzenberg, Ph., 1935

Mitra (Mitra) stictica, commonly known as the pontifical mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters.

The length of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 87 mm.