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

Ziba gambiana
Shell of Ziba gambiana (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this 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 gambiana Dohrn, 1861

Description

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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]

Distribution

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

References

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