Cancilla filaris

Cancilla (Domiporta) filaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	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]

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

1. ^ ^{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

External links

• Gastropods.com : Domiporta filaris; accessed : 12 December 2010