Mitra stictica (Link, 1807)
67.2mm

Mitra stictica is moderately common in certain habitats. It prefers shallow hard reef with shallow sand pockets, and by day the shell is usually buried in sand. They have been found intertidally, on tops of large lagoon pinnacles, and on other lagoon and shallow seaward reefs.

The closeup below was taken in Hawaii.

With feeding proboscis extended.

Created 5 September 2015
Updated 2 March 2020

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