Subcancilla malleti

Subcancilla malleti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1][2]

Subcancilla malleti
Shell of Subcancilla malleti (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Mitroidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Subcancilla
Species:
S. malleti
Binomial name
Subcancilla malleti
(Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
Synonyms[1]

Mitra malleti Petit de la Saussaye, 1852

Description

The length of the shell attains 23. 4 mm.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Subcancilla malleti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575214 on 2019-01-04
  2. Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(2): 253-337.
  • Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls.


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