| Ziba gambiana | |
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| Shell of Ziba gambiana (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Subfamily: | Mitrinae |
| Genus: | Ziba |
| Species: | Z. gambiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Ziba gambiana (Dohrn, 1861) | |
| Synonyms. [1] | |
Mitra gambianaDohrn, 1861 | |
Ziba gambiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails. [1]
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. [2]
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa, Mauritania, Senegal and Angola.
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Ziba carinata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
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