Species Identification

Species Identification

Language:

Other identification tools

Species Identification: Find Species

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae miter shells

Genus: Mitra

(See list of species below)

Select Class:	Select Order:
Select Family:	Subfamily:	Select Genus:

Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):

Select a country:

Only include species occuring above:

m

and anal fins (optional). Enter total length (TL) and maximum body depth (BD)

Show family drawing(s)

116 species (see list below)
Export file

1 of 1 Jump to:

No picture found

Mitra abbatis
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Mitra acuminata
[Acuminate mitre]

No picture found

Mitra aglais
[]

No picture found

Mitra amaura
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 10.6 cm DL

Mitra antillensis
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Mitra aurantia
[Orange mitre]

No picture found

Mitra auriculoides
[]

No picture found

Mitra aurora
[]

No picture found

Mitra avenacea
[]

No picture found

Mitra barbieri
[]

No picture found

Mitra belcheri
[]

No picture found

Mitra bellula
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Mitra bernhardina
[]

No picture found

Mitra bovei
[Bove's mitre]

No picture found

Mitra brasiliensis
[]

No picture found

Mitra carbonaria
[]

No picture found

Mitra cardinalis
[Cardinal mitre]

No picture found

Mitra catalinae
[]

No picture found

Mitra chalybeia
[]

No picture found

Mitra christinae
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Mitra chrysalis
[Chrysalis mitre]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Mitra chrysostoma
[Gold-mouth mitre]

No picture found

Mitra cingulata
[]

No picture found

Mitra coarctata
[]

No picture found

Mitra coffea
[Coffee mitre]

No picture found

Mitra colombelliformis
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Mitra contracta
[Contracted mitre]

No picture found

Mitra cornea
[]

No picture found

Mitra cornicula
[Little trumpet mitre]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Mitra coronata
[Crowned mitre]

No picture found

Mitra crenata
[]

No picture found

Mitra cucumerina
[Kettle mitre]

No picture found

Mitra cuyosae
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 2.4 cm DL

Mitra damasomonteiroi
[]

No picture found

Mitra decurtata
[Shortened mitre]

No picture found

Mitra deynzeri
[]

No picture found

Mitra doliolum
[]

No picture found

Mitra dolorosa
[]

No picture found

Mitra dondani
[]

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.

Mitra eremitarum
[Adusta miter]

No picture found

Max. Length 1.2 cm DL

Mitra espinosai
[]

No picture found

Mitra fastigium
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Mitra ferruginea
[]

No picture found

Mitra flammulata
[]

No picture found

Mitra flavocingulata
[]

No picture found

Mitra florida
[Florida miter]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Mitra fraga
[Strawberry mitre]

No picture found

Mitra fultoni
[Pitted miter]

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Mitra fulvescens
[Tawny mitre]

No picture found

Mitra glaphyria
[]

No picture found

Mitra gracilefragum
[]

No picture found

Mitra grammatula
[]

No picture found

Mitra granata
[]

No picture found

Mitra hilli
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Mitra idae
[Half-pitted miter]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Mitra imperialis
[Imperial mitra]

No picture found

Mitra incarnata
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Mitra incompta
[Tessellate mitre]

No picture found

Mitra isabella
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 5 cm DL

Mitra larranagai
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 2.6 cm DL

Mitra lenhilli
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 2.2 cm DL

Mitra leonardi
[]

No picture found

Mitra lienardi
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Mitra litterata
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Mitra luctuosa
[]

No picture found

Mitra lugubris
[]

No picture found

Mitra maesta
[]

No picture found

Mitra magnifica
[]

No picture found

Mitra marrowi
[]

Photo by Harasti, David

Mitra mitra
[Episcopal miter]

No picture found

Mitra multiplicata
[]

No picture found

Mitra nigra
[Brown miter]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Mitra nodulosa
[Beaded miter]

No picture found

Mitra nubila
[]

No picture found

Mitra oliverai
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 3.9 cm DL

Mitra pallida
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Mitra papalis
[Papal mitre]

No picture found

Mitra patriarchale
[]

No picture found

Mitra paupercula
[Poor mitre]

No picture found

Mitra pecularis
[]

No picture found

Mitra peculiaris
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Mitra pediculus
[]

No picture found

Mitra pele
[]

No picture found

Mitra pelliserpentis
[]

No picture found

Mitra picta
[Brown mitre]

No picture found

Mitra pudica
[Modest mitre]

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Mitra puncticulata
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Mitra pyramis
[Pyramis mitre]

No picture found

Mitra reticulata
[]

No picture found

Mitra retusa
[Blunted mitre]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Mitra rosacea
[]

No picture found

Mitra rotundilirata
[]

No picture found

Mitra rubiginea
[]

No picture found

Mitra rubritincta
[Red-painted mitre]

No picture found

Mitra ruepellii
[]

No picture found

Mitra saltata
[]

No picture found

Mitra salva
[]

No picture found

Mitra sarinoae
[]

No picture found

Mitra sarmientoi
[]

No picture found

Mitra scutulata
[]

No picture found

Max. Length 3.3 cm DL

Mitra semiferruginea
[]

No picture found

Mitra sigillata
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Mitra stictica
[Pontifical miter]

No picture found

Max. Length 3.1 cm DL

Mitra straminea
[Gulf stream miter]

No picture found

Mitra swainsonii
[Antillean miter]

No picture found

Mitra tabanula
[]

No picture found

Mitra tagaroae
[]

No picture found

Mitra terryni
[]

No picture found

Mitra testacea
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Mitra tristis
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Mitra tuberosa
[]

No picture found

Mitra turgida
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Mitra ustulata
[Scorched mitre]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Mitra vexillum
[Vexillate mitre]

No picture found

Mitra zilpha
[]

No picture found

Mitra zonata
[Zoned miter]

Scientific Name Mitra abbatis Mitra acuminata Mitra aglais Mitra amaura Mitra antillensis Mitra aurantia Mitra auriculoides Mitra aurora Mitra avenacea Mitra barbieri Mitra belcheri Mitra bellula Mitra bernhardina Mitra bovei Mitra brasiliensis Mitra carbonaria Mitra cardinalis Mitra catalinae Mitra chalybeia Mitra christinae Mitra chrysalis Mitra chrysostoma Mitra cingulata Mitra coarctata Mitra coffea Mitra colombelliformis Mitra contracta Mitra cornea Mitra cornicula Mitra coronata Mitra crenata Mitra cucumerina Mitra cuyosae Mitra damasomonteiroi Mitra decurtata Mitra deynzeri Mitra doliolum Mitra dolorosa Mitra dondani Mitra eremitarum Mitra espinosai Mitra fastigium Mitra ferruginea Mitra flammulata Mitra flavocingulata Mitra florida Mitra fraga Mitra fultoni Mitra fulvescens Mitra glaphyria Mitra gracilefragum Mitra grammatula Mitra granata Mitra hilli Mitra idae Mitra imperialis Mitra incarnata Mitra incompta Mitra isabella Mitra larranagai Mitra lenhilli Mitra leonardi Mitra lienardi Mitra litterata Mitra luctuosa Mitra lugubris Mitra maesta Mitra magnifica Mitra marrowi Mitra mitra Mitra multiplicata Mitra nigra Mitra nodulosa Mitra nubila Mitra oliverai Mitra pallida Mitra papalis Mitra patriarchale Mitra paupercula Mitra pecularis Mitra peculiaris Mitra pediculus Mitra pele Mitra pelliserpentis Mitra picta Mitra pudica Mitra puncticulata Mitra pyramis Mitra reticulata Mitra retusa Mitra rosacea Mitra rotundilirata Mitra rubiginea Mitra rubritincta Mitra ruepellii Mitra saltata Mitra salva Mitra sarinoae Mitra sarmientoi Mitra scutulata Mitra semiferruginea Mitra sigillata Mitra stictica Mitra straminea Mitra swainsonii Mitra tabanula Mitra tagaroae Mitra terryni Mitra testacea Mitra tristis Mitra tuberosa Mitra turgida Mitra ustulata Mitra vexillum Mitra zilpha Mitra zonata	English Name Acuminate mitre Adusta miter Antillean miter Beaded miter Blunted mitre Bove's mitre Brown miter Brown mitre Cardinal mitre Chrysalis mitre Coffee mitre Contracted mitre Crowned mitre Episcopal miter Florida miter Gold-mouth mitre Gulf stream miter Half-pitted miter Imperial mitra Kettle mitre Little trumpet mitre Modest mitre Orange mitre Papal mitre Pitted miter Pontifical miter Poor mitre Pyramis mitre Red-painted mitre Scorched mitre Shortened mitre Strawberry mitre Tawny mitre Tessellate mitre Vexillate mitre Zoned miter	Distribution Central Pacific Central Pacific. Eastern Atlantic, Indo-We Eastern Central Pacific Eastern Indian Ocean Eastern Pacific East Pacific. Indo-Pacific. Indo-West Pacific Indo-West Pacific. Mediterranean Sea. Northwest Pacific Pacific Ocean. Southeast Pacific Southwest Pacific Western Atlantic Western Atlantic. Western Atlantic Ocean. Western Central Atlantic. Western Central Pacific Western Central Pacific. Western Indian Ocean Western Pacific	Max. Length 1.2 DL 2.2 DL 2.4 DL 2.6 DL 3.1 DL 3.3 DL 3.9 DL 5 DL 7.5 SHL 8 SHL 10.6 DL 18 SHL	Year 1758 1786 1791 1798 1807 1811 1817 1818 1820 1822 1824 1828 1829 1833 1836 1838 1839 1842 1844 1845 1853 1855 1856 1860 1865 1869 1874 1889 1892 1893 1897 1903 1919 1927 1938 1947 1959 1965 1970 1976 1978 1980 1985 1988 1990 2001 2005 2006 2007 2008

Other identification tools in SeaLifeBase

Identification by pictures:

If you already know the Family, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the family.

If you already know the Country, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the country.

If you already know the Ecosystem, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the ecosystem.