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] | |
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Neocancilla hebes 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 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 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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