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The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
Mitra flammea, Q. & G., var. Hystrix, Montrouzier
Mitra flammea, Q. & G., var. Hystrix, Montrouzier.
Montrouzier, Journ. de Conch., x., 1862, p. 241, pl. ix., fig. 8; Tryon, loc. cit., p. 140.
One example from Funafuti is longer and more slender than that described by Montrouzier. Tryon is responsible for the subordination of this form to M. flammea.