Lettered Mitre
Strigatella litterata
- Usual depth0.5 m
- Water temperature22–30 °C
- Best monthsMarch, July, and October
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Strigatella litterata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Strigatella litterata”, 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: 16 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 18 records
- April: 10 records
- May: 7 records
- June: 15 records
- July: 20 records
- August: 10 records
- September: 7 records
- October: 18 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 15 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0.5 m · Deepest record: 0.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Lettered Mitre, Mitra anais
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- ミダレシマヤタテ
- Thai
- หอยกระสวยลายอักษร
- Simplified Chinese
- 火焰筆螺
Other scientific names: Mitra (Strigatella) litterata, Mitra anais, Mitra leopardina, Mitra litterata, Mitra maculosa
Similar species
- Orange Mitre
Strigatella aurantia
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).
- 497 open-data records from 1907 to 2023.
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