Domiporta hebes

Domiporta hebes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Domiporta hebes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Domiporta
Species:
D. hebes
Binomial name
Domiporta hebes
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra hebes Reeve, 1845
  • Neocancilla hebes (Reeve, 1845)
  • Ziba carinata auct.non Swainson, W.A., 1824
  • Mitra asperulata Adams, A., 1853
  • Mitra (Nebularia) hamillei Petit de la Saussaye, S., 1871

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 70 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along West Africa, Cape Verde and Gabon.[1]

References
  1. Domiporta hebes (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2018.
  • Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda


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