Eupusia lauta, common name the gaily mainted mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.
Description (Original description) The shell is stoutly ovate and rather solid, with a spire that is obtusely rounded. Its surface is marked by somewhat obsolete longitudinal plicate ribs; the ribs themselves are smooth, while the spaces between them are distinctly impressed with striations. The ribs are orange-red in color, whereas the interstices are dark black, and the middle portion of the whorls is white. The columella bears four folds.Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-39 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
Distribution This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea.
References
External links MNHN, Paris: specimen