Subcancilla lindae explained

Subcancilla lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Description

Original description: "Shell very narrow, elongated, with high, elevated spire; body whorl with 16 large, rounded, evenly-spaced spiral cords; suture impressed, producing tabulate whorls and stepped spire; sides of body whorl straight; aperture narrow; columella with 3 plications; (shell) color pure white; interior of aperture pure white."^[4]

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Golfo de Triste, off Puerto Cabello, Venezuela."^[5]

This species occurs in Venezuela.

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Subcancilla lindae Petuch, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1067622 on 2019-01-04
2. Petuch E.J. (1987). New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl.
3. Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(2): 253-337.
4. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 106. Publ: CERF
5. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 106. Publ: CERF