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Mitra stictica Pontifical Mitre, Pontifical Miter

Mitra stictica is commonly referred to as Pontifical Mitre, Pontifical 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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Mitra stictica, Majuro Atoll, RMI 2023 (CC BY-NC 4.0)


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lexID:
17696 
AphiaID:
590546 
Scientific:
Mitra stictica 
German:
Gepunzte Mitra 
English:
Pontifical Mitre, Pontifical Miter 
Category:
Escargots de mer 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Mitridae (Family) > Mitra (Genus) > stictica (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Link, ), 1807 
Occurrence:
Aldabra Group, Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Egypt, Fiji, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Japan, Mascarene Islands, Mauritania, Mozambique, New Zealand, Philippines, South-Africa, Tansania, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), Tuamoto Islands 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Habitats:
Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
1.18" - 3.15" (3,0cm - 8,7cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Mitra abbatis
  • Mitra aerumnosa
  • Mitra aikeni
  • Mitra albocarnea
  • Mitra aliciae
  • Mitra amaura
  • Mitra ancillides
  • Mitra antillensis
  • Mitra arnoldeyasi
  • Mitra atjehensis
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-09-03 17:27:06 

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Mitra stictica (Link, 1807)

Mitra stictica, commonly known as the pontifical mitre, is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the mitres.

Synonymised names
Mitra (Mitra) stictica (Link, 1807) · unaccepted
Mitra pontificalis Lamarck, 1811 · unaccepted
Mitra stricta [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tiarella stictica (Link, 1807) · unaccepted
Voluta stictica Link, 1807 · unaccepted (original combination)

External links

  1. reeflifesurvey (en). Abgerufen am 03.09.2025.

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Mitra stictica, Majuro Atoll, RMI 2023 (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Mitra stictica,Maloelap Atoll, RMI 2023 (CC BY-NC 4.0)

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