Subcancilla sulcata

Subcancilla sulcata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Subcancilla
Species: S. sulcata
Binomial name
Subcancilla sulcata
(Swainson in Sowerby, 1825)

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

Description

The species was first described by William Swainson as Mitra sulcata. The shell is marked by very distinct ridges aligned with the whorls.

Distribution

The type specimen was obtained from the Pacific coast of the American Isthmus.

References


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