Ziba fijiensis

Ziba fijiensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Ziba fijiensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Subfamily: Mitrinae
Genus: Ziba
Species:
Z. fijiensis
Binomial name
Ziba fijiensis
(Ladd, 1934)
Synonyms
  • † Mitra (Cancilla) menkrawitensis Beets, 1941
  • † Mitra (Tiara) fijiensis Ladd, 1934 (superseded combination)
  • † Mitra fijiensis Ladd, 1934 (superseded combination)
  • † Mitra menkrawitensis Beets, 1941

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Late Miocene strata on Fiji and Borneo.

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Ziba fijiensis (Ladd, 1934) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1320549 on 2023-11-22
  • Ladd, H. S. (1934). Geology of Viti Levu, Fiji. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 119: 1–263.
  • Beets, C. (1941). Eine jungmiocäne Mollusken-Fauna von der Halbinsel Mangkalihat, Ost-Borneo. Verhandelingen van het Geologisch-Mijnbouwkundig Genootschap voor Nederland en Koloniën, Geologische Serie. 13(1): 1–219; plates 1–9.
  • Harzhauser M., Raven H., Landau B.M., Kocsis L., Adnan A., Zuschin M., Mandic O. & Briguglio A. (2018). Late Miocene gastropods from northern Borneo (Brunei Darussalam, Seria Formation). Palaeontographica, Abt. A: Palaeozoology – Stratigraphy. 313(1-3): 1-79.


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