Subcancilla joapyra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1][2][3]

Subcancilla joapyra
Shell of Subcancilla joapyra (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Mitroidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Subcancilla
Species:
S. joapyra
Binomial name
Subcancilla joapyra
Simone & Cunha, 2012

Description

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The length of the shell attains 23.3 mm.

Distribution

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This species occur in the Atlantic Ocean off Southeast Brazil.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Subcancilla joapyra Simone & Cunha, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714625 on 2019-01-04
  2. ^ Simone, L. R. L.; Cunha, C. M. (2012). Taxonomic study on the molluscs collected in Marion-Dufresne expedition (MD55) to. SE Brazil: Xenophoridae, Cypraeoidea, mitriforms and Terebridae (Caenogastropoda). Zoosystema
  3. ^ Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(2): 253-337.