Neocancilla hebes

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 mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

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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. ^ a b Neocancilla hebes (Reeve, 1845).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224769 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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