Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Mitridae Scientific name Cancilla praestantissima | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Genus Cancilla Rank Species | |
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Cancilla praestantissima, common name : the most superior mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
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Description
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 61 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along Polynesia.
References
Cancilla praestantissima Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA