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Episcopal mitre
Mitra mitra
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 590537, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Episcopal mitre
- Scientific
- Mitra mitra
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- Family
- Mitridae (mitre snails)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 18 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 80 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The episcopal mitre has a large, long, pointed shell, white with rows of bright red to orange squares. It lives buried in sand near reefs and hunts other snails and worms.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=22); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=18, 10 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Mitra-mitra.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=590537
- inaturalist.org /taxa/136428
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Mitra_mitra_01.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.