Ziba gambiana explained

Ziba gambiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.

Description

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.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa, Mauritania, Senegal and Angola.

References

• Cernohorsky W. O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world (Part 2). Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4. page(s): 50

External links

• Caballero-Herrera, J. A.; Gofas, S.; Rueda, J. L. (2022). Episcomitra angelesae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Mitridae), a new species from an exceptional deep habitat in the Alboran Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science. 23(1): 14-24
• 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

Notes and References

1. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672729 Dohrn, H. (1861). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1861: 205-207, pl. 26