About this species
Domiporta gloriola, the glorious mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails. D. gloriola is primarily found in intertidal or sandy areas up to a depth of 40 m (130 ft) primarily in the tropical and subtropical Pacific Ocean, including the Philippines and Indonesia. Additional sightings have been reported in the Red Sea, and in the western Indian Ocean at Zanzibar.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 29–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ホソアラフデ
- Simplified Chinese
- 輕紗筆螺
Other scientific names: Cancilla (Domiporta) gloriola, Cancilla gloriola, Mitra gracilis, Neocancilla gloriola
Similar species
Lettered MitreStrigatella litterata
- Episcopal miter
Mitra mitra
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 13 open-data records from 1956 to 1958.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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