- Neocancilla circula
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Neocancilla circula Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Muricoidea Family: Mitridae Genus: Neocancilla Species: N. circula Binomial name Neocancilla circula
(Kiener, 1838)Synonyms[1] - Mitra circula Kiener, 1838
- Mitra circulata Reeve, L.A., 1844
- Mitra rufescens A. Adams, 1853
- Mitra beyerlei Jousseaume, F.P., 1894
- Mitra sphaerulata Martin, H., 1895
- Neocancilla burnupiana Cooke, A.H., 1920
Neocancilla circula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
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Description
The shell size varies between 15 mm and 58 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Mozambique; in the Pacific Ocean along Japan, Okinawa, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Tuamotus and Fiji
References
- ^ a b Neocancilla circula (Kiener, 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217201 on 11 December 2010.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world (Part 2). Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4. page(s): 112
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