Cancilla filaris

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Cancilla (Domiporta) filaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Cancilla
Subgenus: Domiporta
Species: C. filaris
Binomial name
Cancilla (Domiporta) filaris
(Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra filaris (Linnaeus, 1771)
  • Domiporta filaris (Linnaeus, C., 1771)
  • Voluta filosa Born, I. von, 1778
  • Voluta leucosticta Gmelin, J.F., 1791
  • Mitra nexilis "Martyn, T." Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Mitra bornii Philippi, R.A., 1850
  • Domiporta filosa bernardiana Philippi, R.A., 1850
  • Mitra crebrilineata Sowerby, G.B. II, 1874

Cancilla (Domiporta) filaris, common name : the file 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 14 mm and 55 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Chagos and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii and Australia.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cancilla (Domiporta) filaris (Linnaeus, 1771).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2010.
  • Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis ot its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43-50
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

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