Ziba gambiana

Ziba gambiana
	Shell of Ziba gambiana (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Ziba
Species:	Z. gambiana
Binomial name
	Ziba gambiana; (Dohrn, 1861)
Synonyms.[1]
	Cancilla turtoni (E. A. Smith, 1890); Mitra (Cancilla) turtoni E. A. Smith, 1890; Mitra cabrerai Talavera, 1975; Mitra exilima Locard, 1897; Mitra exilima var. minor Locard, 1897; Mitra gambiana Dohrn, 1861;

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa, Mauritania, and Angola.

Cernohorsky W. O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world (Part 2). Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4. page(s): 50

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