Ziba gambiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
| Ziba gambiana | |
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| Shell of Ziba gambiana (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Subfamily: | Mitrinae |
| Genus: | Ziba |
| Species: | Z. gambiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Ziba gambiana (Dohrn, 1861)
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| Synonyms.[1] | |
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Mitra gambiana Dohrn, 1861 | |
Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 45 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The spindle-shaped shell is spirally sulcate and carinate at the suture. The acute spire is elongate and contains 7 - 8 angulate whorls. The body whorl is attenuate at the base. The aperture is white within. The outer lip is simple. The columella has four folds.[2]
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa, Mauritania, Senegal and Angola.
References edit
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world (Part 2). Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4. page(s): 50
External links edit
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- Caballero-Herrera, J. A.; Gofas, S.; Rueda, J. L. (2022). Episcomitra angelesae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Mitridae), a new species from an exceptional deep habitat in the Alboran Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science. 23(1): 14-24
- 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