''Cancilla'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
family
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Mitridae
Mitridae, known as mitres or mitre shells, are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of sea snails, widely distributed marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Mitroidea.
Both the Latin name and the common name a ...
.
Description
The slender shell has a fusiform shape.The
spire
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is acuminate. The
whorl
A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs).
In nature
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s are crossed by transverse, linear, elevated ridges. The
aperture
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is simple posteriorly. The thin outer
lip
The lips are a horizontal pair of soft appendages attached to the jaws and are the most visible part of the mouth of many animals, including humans. Mammal lips are soft, movable and serve to facilitate the ingestion of food (e.g. sucklin ...
is simple.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cancilla'' include:
* ''
Cancilla baeri''
(Turner & Cernohorsky, 2003)
* ''
Cancilla chihsiungi''
S.-I Huang & Q.-Y. Chuo, 2019
* ''
Cancilla fallowense''
Marrow, 2020
* ''
Cancilla fibula''
Poppe, Tagaro & Salisbury, 2009
* ''
Cancilla heinickei''
(Salisbury & Guillot de Suduiraut, 2003)
* ''
Cancilla herrmanni''
Dekkers, 2014
* ''
Cancilla isabella
''Cancilla isabella'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Description
The species was first described by William Swainson as ''Tiara isabella''. The shell is slender, fawn co ...
''
Swainson, 1831
* ''
Cancilla rehderi''
(J.H. Webb, 1958)
* ''
Cancilla rikae''
(Guillot de Suduiraut, 2004)
* ''
Cancilla schepmani''
(Salisbury & Guillot de Suduiraut, 2003)
* ''
Cancilla suni''
S.-I Huang & Q.-Y. Chuo, 2019
* ''
Cancilla turneri''
Poppe, Tagaro & Salisbury, 2009
;Taxa inquirenda:
* ''Cancilla beyerlei''
Jousseaume, 1894
* ''Cancilla innesi''
Jousseaume, 1894
* ''Cancilla sura''
Jousseaume, 1898
;Species brought into synonymy:
* Subgenus ''Cancilla'' (''Domiporta'')
Cernohorsky, 1970: synonym of ''
Domiporta''
Cernohorsky, 1970
* ''Cancilla abyssicola'': synonym of ''
Profundimitra abyssicola''
(Schepman, 1911)
* ''Cancilla aegra'': synonym of ''
Nebularia aegra''
(Reeve, 1845)
* ''Cancilla antoniae''
Adams, H.G., 1870 : synonym of ''
Neocancilla pretiosa''
(Reeve, 1844)
* ''Cancilla apprimapex'': synonym of ''
Gemmulimitra apprimapex''
Poppe, Tagaro & Salisbury, 2009
* ''Cancilla armonica'': synonym of ''
Imbricaria armonica''
(T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 2005)
* ''Cancilla carnicolor''
(Reeve, 1844): synonym of ''
Domiporta carnicolor''
(Reeve, 1844)
* ''Cancilla citharoidea''
(Dohrn, 1862): synonym of ''
Domiporta citharoidea''
(Dohrn, 1862)
* ''Cancilla cloveri''
Cernohorsky, 1971 : synonym of ''
Swainsonia cloveri''
(Cernohorsky, 1971)
* ''Cancilla duplilirata'': synonym of ''
Gemmulimitra duplilirata''
(Reeve, 1845)
* ''Cancilla filaris''
(Linnaeus, 1771): synonym of ''
Domiporta filaris''
(Linnaeus, 1771)
* ''Cancilla gloriola''
(Cernohorsky, 1970): synonym of ''
Domiporta gloriola''
(Cernohorsky, 1970)
* ''Cancilla granatina''
(Lamarck, 1811): synonym of ''
Domiporta granatina''
(Lamarck, 1811)
* ''Cancilla larranagai''
(Carcelles, 1947): synonym of ''
Subcancilla larranagai
''Cancilla larranagai'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage o ...
''
(Carcelles, 1947)
* ''Cancilla liliformis''
Huang & Salisbury, 2017: synonym of ''
Cancillopsis liliformis''
(S.-I Huang & R. Salisbury, 2017) (original combination)
* ''Cancilla meyeriana'': synonym of ''
Calcimitra meyeriana''
(Salisbury, 1992)
* ''Cancilla planofilum'': synonym of ''
Profundimitra planofilum''
Huang, 2011
* ''Cancilla praestantissima''
(Röding, 1758): synonym of ''
Subcancilla praestantissima''
(Röding, 1798)
* ''Cancilla rufilirata''
(Adams & Reeve, 1850): synonym of ''
Domiporta rufilirata''
(Adams & Reeve, 1850)
* ''Cancilla scrobiculata'': synonym of ''
Subcancilla scrobiculata
''Subcancilla scrobiculata'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity ...
''
(Brocchi, 1814) †
* ''Cancilla shikamai''
(Habe, 1980): synonym of ''
Domiporta shikamai''
Habe, 1980
* ''Cancilla sigillata''
(Azuma, 1965): synonym of ''
Domiporta sigillata''
(Azuma, 1965)
* ''Cancilla strangei''
(Angas, 1867): synonym of ''
Roseomitra strangei''
(Angas, 1867)
* ''Cancilla turtoni''
(Smith, 1890):
synonym of ''
Ziba gambiana''
(Dohrn, 1861)
References
* Sheppard, A (1984). ''The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis of its broad distribution patterns''. Coral Reefs 3: 43–50
* Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). ''Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice''
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca.'' American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
* Rolán E., 2005. ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago''. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
External links
Swainson W. (1840) ''A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish''. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp.
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Gastropod genera