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{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| taxon = Pterygia arctata
| authority = (Sowerby, 1874)
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| synonyms = ''Mitra arctata'' <small>G. B. Sowerby II, 1874</small> ·
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'''''Pterygia arctata''''' is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Mitridae]], the miters or miter snails.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|417004|''Pterygia arctata'' (Sowerby, 1874)||04/24/10}}</ref>
==Description==
The shell is narrow and cylindrical. It is finely spirally striated, painted with yellow flames in two rows. The spire is short and obtuse. The aperture is elongated, straight and narrow.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15936976 Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published]</ref><br />
This species attains a size of 20&nbsp;mm.
==Distribution==
This marine species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to Australia and occurs off [[Western Australia]].
==References==
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* Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
* Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. The Mitridae of the World. Part 2. The subfamily Mitrinae concluded and subfamilies Imbricariinae and Cylindromitrinae. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4: 1-164
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[[Category:Pterygia|arctata]]
[[Category:Gastropods described in 1874]]
[[Category:Gastropods of Australia]]
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