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Cancilla rikae

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Cancilla rikae
Shell of Cancilla rikae (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Cancilla
Species:
C. rikae
Binomial name
Cancilla rikae
(Guillot de Suduiraut, 2004)[1]
Synonyms

Neocancilla rikae Guillot de Suduiraut, 2004

Cancilla rikae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[2]

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

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  • Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2008). Mitridae. Pp. 330-417, in: G.T. Poppe (ed.), Philippine marine mollusks, volume 2. Hackenheim: ConchBooks.
  • Guillot de Suduiraut, E., 2004. Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Mitridae des Philippines dans le genre Neocancilla (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mitridae). Gloria Maris 43(2-3): 14-18
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