- Cancilla filaris
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Cancilla (Domiporta) filaris Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Muricoidea Family: Mitridae Genus: Cancilla Subgenus: Domiporta Species: C. filaris Binomial name Cancilla (Domiporta) filaris
(Linnaeus, 1771)Synonyms[1] - Mitra filaris (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Domiporta filaris (Linnaeus, C., 1771)
- Voluta filosa Born, I. von, 1778
- Voluta leucosticta Gmelin, J.F., 1791
- Mitra nexilis "Martyn, T." Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
- Mitra bornii Philippi, R.A., 1850
- Domiporta filosa bernardiana Philippi, R.A., 1850
- Mitra crebrilineata Sowerby, G.B. II, 1874
Cancilla (Domiporta) filaris, common name : the file mitre, 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 14 mm and 55 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Chagos and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii and Australia.
References
- ^ a b Cancilla (Domiporta) filaris (Linnaeus, 1771). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217196 on 12 December 2010.
- Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis ot its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43-50
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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