Ziba fijiensis explained

Ziba fijiensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.^[1]

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Late Miocene strata on Fiji and Borneo.

References

• Ladd, H. S. (1934). Geology of Viti Levu, Fiji. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 119: 1–263.
• Beets, C. (1941). Eine jungmiocäne Mollusken-Fauna von der Halbinsel Mangkalihat, Ost-Borneo. Verhandelingen van het Geologisch-Mijnbouwkundig Genootschap voor Nederland en Koloniën, Geologische Serie. 13(1): 1–219; plates 1–9.
• Harzhauser M., Raven H., Landau B.M., Kocsis L., Adnan A., Zuschin M., Mandic O. & Briguglio A. (2018). Late Miocene gastropods from northern Borneo (Brunei Darussalam, Seria Formation). Palaeontographica, Abt. A: Palaeozoology – Stratigraphy. 313(1-3): 1-79.

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Ziba fijiensis (Ladd, 1934) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1320549 on 2023-11-22