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Neocancilla clathrus Clathrus mitre

Neocancilla clathrus is commonly referred to as Clathrus mitre. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Neocancilla clathrus is moderately common at Kwajalein, living in lagoon sand at depths of about 6 to at least 20m.

Neocancilla clathrus was in sand at Baturinggit.
Courtesy of the author Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater . Please visit www.underwaterkwaj.com for more information.

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lexID:
18276 
AphiaID:
217205 
Scientific:
Neocancilla clathrus 
German:
Clathrus-Mitra 
English:
Clathrus Mitre 
Category:
Моллюски 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Mitridae (Family) > Neocancilla (Genus) > clathrus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Gmelin, ), 1791 
Occurrence:
Aldabra Group, Bali, Fiji, Flores, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Indonesia, Invasive Species, Japan, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mascarene Islands, Maumere, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Northern Territory (Australia), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Southwestern Indian Ocean, Sulawesi, Sulu Sea , The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), Tuamoto Islands, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones. 
Sea depth:
5 - 463 Meter 
Habitats:
Demersal (bottom-dwelling fish), Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
6,4 cm 
Temperature:
°F - 84.2 °F (°C - 29°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory, Snails, Worms, Zoobenthos 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Neocancilla antoniae
  • Neocancilla arenacea
  • Neocancilla armonica
  • Neocancilla carnicolor
  • Neocancilla clathrus
    Clathrus-Mitra
  • Neocancilla condei
  • Neocancilla coriacea
  • Neocancilla daidaleosa
  • Neocancilla gloriola
  • Neocancilla granatina
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-05-03 17:26:33 

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Neocancilla clathrus (Gmelin, 1791)

Neocancilla clathrus is a marine gastropod belonging to the family Mitridae, commonly known as miters or miter snails.
This miter snail, with black-blue spots on its spiral ribs, is one of the slimmest species that burrows in the sand.

Neocancilla clathrus is carnivorous, preying on and consuming various benthic invertebrates.

In Hawaii, Neocancilla clathrus is considered a non-native marine species, but no ecological impacts from this alien species have been observed.

Synonymised names
Mitra clathrus (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Mitra crenifera Lamarck, 1811 · unaccepted
Mitra eburnostoma Garrett, 1880 · unaccepted
Neocancilla clathrus clathrus (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Neocancilla clathrus crenifera (Lamarck, 1811) · unaccepted
Voluta clathrus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)

Direct children (2)
Subspecies Neocancilla clathrus clathrus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Neocancilla clathrus (Gmelin, 1791)
Subspecies Neocancilla clathrus crenifera (Lamarck, 1811) accepted as Neocancilla clathrus (Gmelin, 1791)

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Neocancilla clathrus was in sand at Baturinggit.
Neocancilla clathrus is moderately common at Kwajalein, living in lagoon sand at depths of about 6 to at least 20m.
Neocancilla clathrus , 41.25 mm, Kwajalein
Foto: Maumere, Flores, Indonesien

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