Ziba (gastropod)

Ziba is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitridae.[2]

Ziba
Ziba carinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Subfamily: Mitrinae
Genus: Ziba
H. & A. Adams, 1853
Type species
Ziba carinata
(Swainson, 1824)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancilla (Ziba) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Species

The genus Ziba used to contain more than 30 species, but many were recently reassigned to other genera, including Imbricaria and Subcancilla. As of 2018, the genus Ziba contains the following three species:[2]

References
  1. OBIS : Ziba
  2. Ziba H. & A. Adams, 1853. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2018.
  3. Ziba carinata (Swainson, 1824). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  4. Ziba gambiana (Dohrn, 1861). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  5. Ziba ogoouensis Biraghi, 1984. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world (Part 2). Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4. page(s): 37



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