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Neocancilla takiisaoi

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Neocancilla takiisaoi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Neocancilla
Species:
N. takiisaoi
Binomial name
Neocancilla takiisaoi
(Kuroda, 1969)
Synonyms

Vexillum takisaoi [sic] (misspelling)

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

Description

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Shell size 50-55 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean in the Mascarene Basin.

References

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  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world (Part 2). Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4. page(s): 110