Neocancilla hebes
Neocancilla hebes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Mitridae |
Genus: | Neocancilla |
Species: | N. hebes |
Binomial name | |
Neocancilla hebes (Reeve, 1845) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Neocancilla hebes 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 10 mm and 70 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along West Africa, Cape Verde, São Tomé y Principe and Gabon
References
- 1 2 Neocancilla hebes (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2010.
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
External links
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