Mitra schepmani

Mitra schepmani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Mitra (gastropod)
Species: M. schepmani
Binomial name
Mitra schepmani
Salisbury & Guillot de Suduiraut, 2003[1]

Mitra schepmani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[2]

The specific name schepmani is in honor of Dutch malacologist Mattheus Marinus Schepman.

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