Neocancilla hebes

Neocancilla hebes
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]
  • Mitra hebes Reeve, 1845
  • Ziba carinata auct.non Swainson, W.A., 1824
  • Mitra asperulata Adams, A., 1853
  • Mitra (Nebularia) hamillei Petit de la Saussaye, S., 1871

Neocancilla hebes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc 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 and Principe and Gabon

References

  1. 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


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