Ebenomitra leucaspis

Ebenomitra leucaspis
Shell of Ebenomitra leucaspis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Ebenomitra
Species:
E. leucaspis
Binomial name
Ebenomitra leucaspis
(Herrmann & Stossier, 2011)
Synonyms[1]
  • Vexillum (Pusia) leucaspis Herrmann & Stossier, 2011
  • Vexillum leucaspis Herrmann & Stossier, 2011 superseded combination

Ebenomitra leucaspis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, belonging to the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. [1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal.

References

  • Herrmann M. & Stossier G. (2011) Four new species of Vexillum (Pusia) (Gastropoda: Costellariidae) from the Central Indo-Pacific and West Africa. Conchylia 41(3-4): 33-46. [September 2011]
  • Fedosov, A.; Bouchet, P.; Dekkers, A.; Gori, S.; Huang, S.-I.; Kantor, Y.; Lemarcis, T.; Marrow, M.; Ratti, C.; Rosenberg, G.; Salisbury, R.; Zvonareva, S.; Puillandre, N. (2025). "The phylogeny and systematics of the Costellariidae (Caenogastropoda: Turbinelloidea) revisited". Invertebrate Systematics. 39 (7): 26. doi:10.1071/is24101. PMID 40608992.

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