Original description:[2] The shell is fusiformly elongated, quite solid. It has six whorls, apart from the protoconch, only slightly convex and decreasingly spirally corded. The cords become faint striae on the body whorl, where they are crossed by equally faint growth marks. The aperture is three-fifths of total height, moderately narrow. The outer lip is simple, not very thickened. The columella is moderately calloused, with five folds of which the adapical one is strong and the abapical barely visible. The siphonal canal is short, straight and obliquely ribbed on the dorsal side. The siphonal notch is shallow. The apex is milky white, the first whorls are tan with white longitudinal flecks, thebody whorl is white with tan marks under the suture, which is distinct, but not canaliculate.
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the West African coast. It is not common and occurs only below 8 meters from Senegal to Angola on mixed rock and sand bottoms. It has been found in Senegal (A. Trencart[3]), Ghana (P. Ryall, Pers. Comm.), Gabon[4] (type locality), São Tomé and Príncipe (S. Gori, Pers. Comm.) and Angola (P. Ryall, Pers. Comm.).
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^Biraghi, G., 1984. New species of Gabon. La Conchiglia n°184-185.
^"Mitra (Mitra) gabonensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
^Bernard, P.A. (Ed.), 1984. Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates.
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isara, gabonensis, species, snail, marine, gastropod, mollusk, family, mitridae, miters, miter, snails, shell, with, periostracum, animal, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, molluscaclass, gastropodasubclass, caenogastropodaord. Isara gabonensis is a species of sea snail a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae the miters or miter snails 1 Isara gabonensisShell with periostracum and animal of Isara gabonensisScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum MolluscaClass GastropodaSubclass CaenogastropodaOrder NeogastropodaFamily MitridaeGenus IsaraSpecies I gabonensisBinomial nameIsara gabonensis Biraghi 1984 SynonymsMitra gabonensis Biraghi 1984Description editOriginal description 2 The shell is fusiformly elongated quite solid It has six whorls apart from the protoconch only slightly convex and decreasingly spirally corded The cords become faint striae on the body whorl where they are crossed by equally faint growth marks The aperture is three fifths of total height moderately narrow The outer lip is simple not very thickened The columella is moderately calloused with five folds of which the adapical one is strong and the abapical barely visible The siphonal canal is short straight and obliquely ribbed on the dorsal side The siphonal notch is shallow The apex is milky white the first whorls are tan with white longitudinal flecks thebody whorl is white with tan marks under the suture which is distinct but not canaliculate The holotype is 31 mm high and 10 5 mm wide It is deposited in the Museum National d Histoire Naturelle MNHN of Paris Distribution editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the West African coast It is not common and occurs only below 8 meters from Senegal to Angola on mixed rock and sand bottoms It has been found in Senegal A Trencart 3 Ghana P Ryall Pers Comm Gabon 4 type locality Sao Tome and Principe S Gori Pers Comm and Angola P Ryall Pers Comm References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mitra gabonensis Isara gabonensis Biraghi 1984 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2018 Biraghi G 1984 New species of Gabon La Conchiglia n 184 185 Mitra Mitra gabonensis Gastropods com Retrieved 31 March 2013 Bernard P A Ed 1984 Coquillages du Gabon Shells of Gabon Pierre A Bernard Libreville Gabon 140 75 plates Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Isara gabonensis amp oldid 1044845747, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
