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Ziba (gastropod)

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Ziba
Ziba carinata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Mitroidea
Family: Mitridae
Subfamily: Mitrinae
Genus: Ziba
H. & A. Adams, 1853
Type species
Mitra carinata
Swainson, 1824
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancilla (Ziba) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Turricula (Ziba) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank)

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

Species

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The genus Ziba used to contain more than 40 species, but many were recently reassigned to other genera, including Imbricaria and Subcancilla. As of 2018, the genus Ziba contains the following species:[2]

Synonyms

References

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  1. ^ OBIS : Ziba
  2. ^ a b 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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