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Domiporta praestantissima Superior Miter

Domiporta praestantissima is commonly referred to as Superior Miter. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Domiporta-praestantissima-jj-0428-100311, Kwajalein 2015


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lexID:
14399 
AphiaID:
719031 
Scientific:
Domiporta praestantissima 
German:
Hohe Mitra 
English:
Superior Miter 
Category:
Escargots de mer 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Mitridae (Family) > Domiporta (Genus) > praestantissima (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Röding, ), 1798 
Occurrence:
China, Indian Ocean, Marschall Islands, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Philippines, South-Pazific, Sulu Sea , Taiwan 
Sea depth:
75 - 142 Meter 
Size:
1.18" - 1.97" (3,4cm - 5,2cm) 
Temperature:
64.4 °F - 80.6 °F (18°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Carrion, Predatory, Snails, Worms 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Domiporta citharoidea
  • Domiporta manoui
  • Domiporta roseovitta
  • Domiporta strangei
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-01-20 18:01:01 

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Domiporta praestantissima (Röding, 1798)

Domiporta praestantissima belongs to the family Mitridae. It have high spindle housing with wrinkles and does not Operculum.The shell is sculpted.

This Mitre snail is predacious, but also scavengers.

Synonymised names:
Cancilla (Domiporta) praestantissima (Röding, 1798)
Cancilla praestantissima (Röding, 1798)
Mitra praestantissima Röding, 1798 (original combination)
Subcancilla praestantissima (Röding, 1798)

External links

  1. EOL (en). Abgerufen am 20.01.2022.
  2. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 20.01.2022.
  3. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 20.01.2022.

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Domiporta-praestantissima-jj-3396-063014, Kwajalein 2015
Domiporta-praestantissima-jj-0428-100311, Kwajalein 2015

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