Cancilla praestantissima
| Cancilla praestantissima | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Cancilla |
| Species: | C. praestantissima |
| Binomial name | |
| Cancilla praestantissima (Röding, 1758) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cancilla praestantissima, common name : the most superior mitre, 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 20 mm and 61 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along Polynesia.
References
- 1 2 Cancilla praestantissima (Röding, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 04/24/10.
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
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