Cancilla turneri

Cancilla turneri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[2]

Cancilla turneri
Shell of Cancilla turneri (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Cancilla
Species:
C. turneri
Binomial name
Cancilla turneri
Poppe, Tagaro & Salisbury, 2009[1]
Synonyms

Subcancilla turneri (Poppe, Tagaro & Salisbury, 2009)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines

References

  • Poppe, G., Tagaro, S. & Salisbury, R., (2009). New species of Mitridae and Costellariidae from the Philippines with additional information on the Philippines species in these families. Visaya: 1-86, sér. supplement 4
  • Salisbury R. & Huang S.-I. (2015). Notes on Cancilla isabella (Swainson, 1831) (Neogastropoda: Mitridae) with emphasis on the radula and generic assignment within Mitridae. Visaya. 4(4): 29-41.


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