Subcancilla gigantea Reeve 1844 (mitre shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Alternative combinations: Mitra (Tiara) gigantea, Mitra gigantea

Belongs to Subcancilla according to A. Fedosov et al. 2018

See also Woodring 1964

Sister taxa: Mitra (Subcancilla) ecuadoriana, Subcancilla colombiana, Subcancilla couvensis, Subcancilla dalli, Subcancilla dariensis, Subcancilla henekeni, Subcancilla illacidata, Subcancilla interlirata, Subcancilla leonardhilli, Subcancilla lindae, Subcancilla longa, Subcancilla mauryae, Subcancilla rhadina, Subcancilla scrobiculata, Subcancilla sulcata, Subcancilla venezuelana

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Subcancilla gigantea in the database

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