Subcancilla leonardhilli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1][2]
| Subcancilla leonardhilli | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Mitroidea |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Subcancilla |
| Species: | S. leonardhilli
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| Binomial name | |
| Subcancilla leonardhilli Petuch, 1987
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Description
editOriginal description: "Shell elongated, fusiform; body whorl with 12 large, raised, evenly-spaced cords; 1 fine spiral thread between each pair of cords; whorls rounded; spire whorls with 3 large cords; columella with 3 large plications; color pale yellow with wide, pale brown axial flammules; interior of aperture pale yellow-white."[3]
Distribution
editLocus typicus: "Golfo de Triste, off Puerto Cabello, Venezuela."[4]
This species occurs in Venezuela.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Subcancilla leonardhilli Petuch, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533460 on 2019-01-04
- ^ Petuch E.J. (1987). New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl.
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 106. Publ: CERF
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 106. Publ: CERF