Ziba gambiana

Ziba gambiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Ziba gambiana
Shell of Ziba gambiana (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Ziba
Species:
Z. gambiana
Binomial name
Ziba gambiana
(Dohrn, 1861)
Synonyms.[1]
  • Cancilla turtoni (E. A. Smith, 1890)
  • Mitra (Cancilla) turtoni E. A. Smith, 1890
  • Mitra cabrerai Talavera, 1975
  • Mitra exilima Locard, 1897
  • Mitra exilima var. minor Locard, 1897
  • Mitra gambiana Dohrn, 1861

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa, Mauritania, and Angola.

References
  1. Ziba gambiana (Dohrn, 1861). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 04/24/10.
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world (Part 2). Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4. page(s): 50
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