Cancilla fibula
Cancilla fibula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[2]
Cancilla fibula | |
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Shell of Cancilla fibula (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
Clade: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Mitridae |
Genus: | Cancilla |
Species: | C. fibula |
Binomial name | |
Cancilla fibula Poppe, Tagaro & Salisbury, 2009[1] | |
Synonyms | |
Subcancilla fibula (Poppe, Tagaro & Salisbury, 2009) |
Description
The length of the shell varies between 36 mm and 44 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines.
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References
- Poppe, Tagaro & Salisbury (2009). Visaya Suppl. 4 : 3-86. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 04/24/10.
- Cancilla fibula Poppe, Tagaro & Salisbury, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2018.
- Salisbury R. & Huang S.-I. (2015). Notes on Cancilla isabella (Swainson, 1831) (Neogastropoda: Mitridae) with emphasis on the radula and generic assignment within Mitridae. Visaya. 4(4): 29-41
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