Subcancilla candida

Subcancilla candida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Subcancilla
Species: S. candida
Binomial name
Subcancilla candida
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra candida Reeve, 1845
  • Ziba candida (Reeve, 1845)

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Venezuela and Panama

References

  1. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2011). Subcancilla candida (Reeve, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=590598 on 2011-12-26
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