Ebenomitra savignyi

Ebenomitra savignyi
Shell of Ebenomitra savignyi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Ebenomitra
Species:
E. savignyi
Binomial name
Ebenomitra savignyi
(Payraudeau, 1826)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra (Pusia) savignyi Payraudeau, 1826 · unaccepted > superseded combination
  • Mitra savignyi Payraudeau, 1826 (original combination)
  • Pusia (Ebenomitra) savignyi (Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Pusia savignyi (Payraudeau, 1826) superseded combination
  • Turricula (Uromitra) savignyi (Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Uromitra savignyi (Payraudeau, 1826) superseded combination
  • Vexillum savignyi (Payraudeau, 1826)

Ebenomitra savignyi is a species of ribbed miters, a genus of marine sea snails. [1]

Description

(Original description in Latin) The shell is very small, smooth, and glossy, of a tawny or horn-like color. It is marked by thick, nodose longitudinal ribs. It has five or six whorls, which are banded with white. The columella bears three folds, and the shell measures approximately four lines in length (roughly about 8–9 mm long). [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Sicily, Italy and off the coast of Algeria. [3]

References

  • Landau, B.; Harzhauser, M. (2024). The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 25: Mitroidea and Turbinelloidea (Neogastropoda). Cainozoic Research. 24(2): 189-230.