Subcancilla candida

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

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)

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. 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
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world (Part 2). Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4.
  • "Ziba candida". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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