Cancilla fibula

Cancilla fibula
Shell of Cancilla fibula (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Cancilla
Species:
C. fibula
Binomial name
Cancilla fibula
Poppe, Tagaro & Salisbury, 2009[1]
Synonyms

Subcancilla fibula (Poppe, Tagaro & Salisbury, 2009)

Cancilla fibula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 36 mm and 44 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. ^ Poppe, Tagaro & Salisbury (2009). Visaya Suppl. 4 : 3-86. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 04/24/10.
  2. ^ 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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