Ziba carinata

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

Ziba carinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Ziba
Species:
Z. carinata
Binomial name
Ziba carinata
(Swainson, 1824)

Description

The species was first described by William Swainson under the name Mitra carinata. The shell is slender, fusiform and brown; the whorls have a single carinated ridge.[2]

Distribution

The type specimen was found on the coast of Sierra Leone.[2]

References

  1. Ziba carinata (Swainson, 1824). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 04/24/10.
  2. William Swainson (1829). "Zoological Illustrations Series II". Vol. I. Plate 19. Retrieved 24 Oct 2013.


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