Mitra goreensis: The author compared his species with the Polynesian M. testacea Broderip and the Australian M. rhodia Reeve (= carbonaria Swainson), but failed to compare the species with M. cornicula (Linnaeus) which it very closely resembles. The penultimate and upper part of the body whorl are darker brown than the remainder of the whorls, but in some individuals of M. cornicula the lower half of the bodv whorl is also paler. M. goreensis has the early spire whorls finely clathrate, the penultimate whorl has 14 fine spiral threads and the body whorl 33 plus 9 cords towards the base. The holotype has 7 whorls with part of the protoconch missing, a smooth aperture and 5 columellar folds (not 3 as given by Melvill). The shell is dark chestnut-brown, paling towards the spire and lighter in colour on the anterior half of the body whorl, and the interior of the aperture is greyish-brown. The species has not been reported since the date of description; it may prove to be only a colour variant of the variable M. cornicula (Linnaeus).

Mitra goreensis: Senegal, West Africa.