Biology:Neocancilla circula

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Neocancilla circula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Mitridae
Genus:
Neocancilla
Species:
N. circula
Binomial name
Neocancilla circula
(Kiener, 1838)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra circula Kiener, 1838
  • Mitra circulata Reeve, L.A., 1844
  • Mitra rufescens A. Adams, 1853
  • Mitra beyerlei Jousseaume, F.P., 1894
  • Mitra sphaerulata Martin, H., 1895
  • Neocancilla burnupiana Cooke, A.H., 1920

Neocancilla circula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 15 mm and 58 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, the Indian Ocean along Madagascar , the Mascarene Basin and Mozambique; in the Pacific Ocean along Japan , Okinawa, the Philippines , Papua New Guinea, Tuamotus and Fiji

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Neocancilla circula (Kiener, 1838). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 December 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world (Part 2). Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4. page(s): 112

Wikidata ☰ Q6992046 entry




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