''Domiporta hebes'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
in the
family Mitridae
Mitridae, known as mitre shells, are a taxonomic family of sea snails, widely distributed marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Mitroidea.MolluscaBase (2018). Mitridae Swainson, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http: ...
, the miters or miter snails.
Description
The shell size varies between 10 mm and 70 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along West Africa,
Cape Verde
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, official_languages = Portuguese
, national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole
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and
Gabon.
References
* Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). ''Coquillages du Gabon
hells of Gabon'. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates
* Rolán E., 2005. ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago.'' Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
External links
Gastropods.com : ''Neocancilla hebes''; accessed : 14 December 2010
Mitridae
Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean
Gastropods of Cape Verde
Invertebrates of Gabon
Gastropods described in 1845
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