Domiporta hebes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Domiporta
Species:
D. hebes
Binomial name
Domiporta hebes
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra hebes Reeve, 1845
  • Neocancilla hebes (Reeve, 1845)
  • Ziba carinata auct.non Swainson, W.A., 1824
  • Mitra asperulata Adams, A., 1853
  • Mitra (Nebularia) hamillei Petit de la Saussaye, S., 1871

Domiporta hebes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

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 and Gabon.[1]

References

  • Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells 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


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