Papal miter
Mitra papalis
- Usual depth9–18 m
- Water temperature23–30 °C
- Best monthsMarch and October
- How commonRare
About this species
Mitra papalis, common name the Papal/Pontifical Mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Mitra papalis”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 9–18 m · Deepest record: 18.3 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Papal miter, Papal mitre, papal miter, papal mitre
Names in 2 more languages
- German
- Papstkrone
- Japanese
- オニキバフデ
Other scientific names: Mitra (Mitra) papalis, Tiarella papalis, Voluta papalis
Similar species
- Episcopal miter
Mitra mitra
- Pontifical miter
Mitra stictica
- Lettered Mitre
Strigatella litterata
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).
- 146 open-data records from 1956 to 2012.
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