Ebenomitra ebenus

Ebenomitra ebenus
Shell of Ebenomitra ebenus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Ebenomitra
Species:	E. ebenus
Binomial name
Ebenomitra ebenus (Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms
Mitra (Uromitra) ebenus Lamarck, 1811 superseded combination Mitra biplicata Risso, 1826 Mitra bourguignati Locard, 1891 Mitra caffra Scacchi, 1836 Mitra carna Nardo, 1847 Mitra congesta Locard, 1886 Mitra cordierii Maravigna, 1853 Mitra cornicula (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu Risso, 1826 misapplication Mitra costulata Risso, 1826 Mitra defrancii Payraudeau, 1826 Mitra ebenina Locard, 1886 Mitra ebenus Lamarck, 1811 Mitra ebenus haifensis Nordsieck, 1982 Mitra ebenus var. costata Weinkauff, 1868 Mitra ebenus var. inflata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 junior subjective synonym Mitra ebenus var. laevigata Weinkauff, 1868 Mitra ebenus var. plicatula (Brocchi, 1814) junior subjective synonym Mitra gracilis Locard, 1890 Mitra littoralis Risso, 1826 Mitra plicatuliformis Locard, 1891 Mitra plumbea Lamarck, 1811 Mitra servaini Locard, 1890 Mitra subpyramidella Locard, 1891 Mitra tunetana Pallary, 1903 Pusia (Ebenomitra) ebenus (Lamarck, 1811) Pusia ebenus (Lamarck, 1811) superseded combination Turricula (Uromitra) ebenus (Lamarck, 1811) Turricula (Uromitra) ebenus var. nigra Pallary, 1900 Uromitra blanci Pallary, 1912 Uromitra ebenus (Lamarck, 1811) Uromitra ebenus var. totanigra Pallary, 1912 Vexillum (Pusia) ebenus (Lamarck, 1811) Vexillum ebenus (Lamarck, 1811) Vexillum gervilli B.C.M. Payraudeau, 1827 [citation needed]

Ebenomitra ebenus, common names brown mitre, ivory mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 36 mm.

(Original description in French) This is a small, smooth shell with an oval and pointed shape, featuring only two or three transverse and oblique ridges at its base. It is ebony black, but just below each suture, there is a transverse white line that is clearly visible only in younger specimens. The upper edge of each whorl flattens slightly to form a small spiral shelf. Additionally, there are four folds on the columella, the lowest of which is very small.

Distribution

This species is distributed in West European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

• Risso, A., 1826 - Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes-Maritimes. Mollusques, vol. 4, p. 1-439, 12 pls
• Maravigna C. (1853). Descrizione di alcune nuove o poco conosciute specie di conchiglie siciliane. Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali (2) 8: 121-140
• Arnaud, P. M., 1978. - Révision des taxa malacologiques méditerrannéens introduits par Antoine Risso. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice "1977"5: 101-150
• Nordsieck, F. (1982). Die Europäischen Meeres-Gehäuseschnecken (Prosobranchia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. 2., Völlig Neubearbeitete und Erweiterte Auflage. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, xii + 539: pp

External links

• Risso A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes, vol. 4. Paris: Levrault. vii + 439 pp., pls 1-12
• Locard, A. (1886). Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp
• Locard, A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 37: 1-385
• Payraudeau, B. C. (1826). Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des annelides et des mollusques de l'Ile de Corse; avec huit planches représentant quatre-vingt-huit espèces, dont soixante-huit nouvelles. 218 pp. Paris
• Pallary, P. (1903). Addition à la faune conchyliologique de la Méditerranée. Ann. Mus. Hist. nat. Marseille, Zool. 8: 4-16, plate 1. Marseille.
• Pallary, P. (1912). Sur la faune de l'ancienne lagune de Tunis. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord. 4 (9): 215-228
• Brocchi, G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli Apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Milano. Vol. 1: i-lxxx, 1-56, 1-240; vol. 2: 241-712, 16 pls
• Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. Journal de Conchyliologie. 48(3): 211-422
• Weinkauff H. C. (1867-1868). Die Conchylien des Mittelmeeres, ihre geographische und geologisches Verbreitung. T. Fischer, Cassel Vol. 1: pp. XIX + 307
• Locard, A. (1890). Notices conchyliologiques. X. Les Mitres des côtes de France. i>L'Echange 6(62): 109-110

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