Neocancilla papilio
Shell of Neocancilla papilio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Neocancilla
Species:
N. papilio
Binomial name
Neocancilla papilio
(Link, 1807)
Synonyms
  • Mitra scabriuscula Lamarck, 1811
  • Mitra sphaerulata Martyn, 1784 (non-binominal)
  • Scabricola scabriuscula (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Voluta leucostoma Gmelin, 1791
  • Voluta papilio Link, 1807 (original combination)

Neocancilla papilio 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 is sculptured with thick beaded ridges. [2]

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. ^ Neocancilla papilio (Link, 1807). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2018.
  2. ^ Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published

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