Biology:Subcancilla praestantissima

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Subcancilla praestantissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Mitridae
Genus:
Subcancilla
Species:
S. praestantissima
Binomial name
Subcancilla praestantissima
(Röding, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancilla (Domiporta) praestantissima (Röding, 1798)
  • Cancilla praestantissima (Röding, 1798)
  • Domiporta praestantissima (Röding, 1798)
  • Mitra praestantissima Röding, 1798
  • Mitra filosa Reeve, L.A., 1844
  • Mitra filosa gracilis Philippi, R.A., 1844

Subcancilla praestantissima, common name : the most superior mitre, 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 20 mm and 61 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar , Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean off Polynesia.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2017). Subcancilla praestantissima. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934960 on 2017-06-22
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
  • Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2008). Mitridae. pp. 330–417, in: G.T. Poppe (ed.), Philippine marine mollusks, volume 2. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 848 pp.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5031494 entry





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