Biology:Ziba interlirata

Ziba interlirata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Ziba
Species:	Z. interlirata
Binomial name
Ziba interlirata (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms
Cancilla interlirata (Reeve, 1844) Domiporta novaehollandiae Sowerby, G.B. II & III, 1874 Mitra filaris Küster, H.C., 1839 Mitra hidalgoi Sowerby III, 1913 Mitra interlirata Reeve, 1844 Mitra novaehollandiae Sowerby, 1874 Mitra pia Dohrn, 1860 Mitra (Cancilla) interlirata teschi Koperberg, 1931 Mitra (Tiara) tegalensis Oostingh, 1935 Mitra (Tiara) yagurai Kira, 1959 Scabricola interlirata (Reeve, 1844) Subcancilla hidalgoi Sowerby, G.B. III, 1913 Subcancilla interlirata (Reeve, 1844)

Ziba interlirata, common name the interlyrate mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 29 mm and 57 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific and off New Guinea and Fiji.

References

• 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.

Ziba interlirata, side view

External links

• Gastropods.com: Subcancilla interlirata

Wikidata ☰ Q7987388 entry