Subcancilla lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1][2][3]

Subcancilla lindae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Mitroidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Subcancilla
Species:
S. lindae
Binomial name
Subcancilla lindae
Petuch, 1987

Description

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Original description: "Shell very narrow, elongated, with high, elevated spire; body whorl with 16 large, rounded, evenly-spaced spiral cords; suture impressed, producing tabulate whorls and stepped spire; sides of body whorl straight; aperture narrow; columella with 3 plications; (shell) color pure white; interior of aperture pure white."[4]

Distribution

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Locus typicus: "Golfo de Triste, off Puerto Cabello, Venezuela."[5]

This species occurs in Venezuela.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Subcancilla lindae Petuch, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1067622 on 2019-01-04
  2. ^ Petuch E.J. (1987). New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 106. Publ: CERF
  5. ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 106. Publ: CERF