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Ziba fijiensis

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Ziba fijiensis
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. fijiensis
Binomial name
Ziba fijiensis
(Ladd, 1934)
Synonyms
  • Mitra (Cancilla) menkrawitensis Beets, 1941
  • Mitra (Tiara) fijiensis Ladd, 1934 (superseded combination)
  • Mitra fijiensis Ladd, 1934 (superseded combination)
  • Mitra menkrawitensis Beets, 1941

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

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in Late Miocene strata on Fiji and Borneo.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Ziba fijiensis (Ladd, 1934) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1320549 on 2023-11-22
  • Ladd, H. S. (1934). Geology of Viti Levu, Fiji. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 119: 1–263.
  • Beets, C. (1941). Eine jungmiocäne Mollusken-Fauna von der Halbinsel Mangkalihat, Ost-Borneo. Verhandelingen van het Geologisch-Mijnbouwkundig Genootschap voor Nederland en Koloniën, Geologische Serie. 13(1): 1–219; plates 1–9.
  • Harzhauser M., Raven H., Landau B.M., Kocsis L., Adnan A., Zuschin M., Mandic O. & Briguglio A. (2018). Late Miocene gastropods from northern Borneo (Brunei Darussalam, Seria Formation). Palaeontographica, Abt. A: Palaeozoology – Stratigraphy. 313(1-3): 1-79.