Neocancilla pretiosa
| Neocancilla pretiosa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Neocancilla |
| Species: | N. pretiosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Neocancilla pretiosa (Reeve, 1844) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Neocancilla pretiosa, common name the splendid mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 40 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off East Africa; in the Eastern Indian Ocean;off Fiji
References
- 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2011). Neocancilla pretiosa (Reeve, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217202 on 2012-01-24
- Kilburn R.N. (1974). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (3): Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, with descriptions of new taxa of Naticidae, Fasciolariidae, Magilidae, Volutomitridae and Turridae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 22: 187-220.
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