Ziba gambiana | |
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Shell of Ziba gambiana (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
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] | |
Mitra gambiana Dohrn, 1861 |
Ziba gambiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
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]
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa, Mauritania, Senegal and Angola.