MolluscaBase taxon details
Neocancilla kayae Cernohorsky, 1978
416951 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:416951)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cernohorsky, W. O. (1978). New species of Mitridae, Costellariidae, and Turridae from the Hawaiian Islands with notes in <i>Mitra sphoni</i> in the Galapagos Islands. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 92(2): 61-67, figs. 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8273999
page(s): 61, figs 1-2 [details]
page(s): 61, figs 1-2 [details]
Type locality contained in Hawaiian Islands
, Note Oahu, Pokai Bay, 60-70 fathoms
type locality contained in Hawaiian Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Oahu, Pokai Bay, 60-70 fathoms [details]
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Elizabeth Alison Kay (1928-2008).
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Elizabeth Alison Kay (1928-2008). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Neocancilla kayae Cernohorsky, 1978. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416951 on 2025-09-10
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Cernohorsky, W. O. (1978). New species of Mitridae, Costellariidae, and Turridae from the Hawaiian Islands with notes in <i>Mitra sphoni</i> in the Galapagos Islands. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 92(2): 61-67, figs. 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8273999
page(s): 61, figs 1-2 [details]
additional source Cernohorsky W.O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world. Part 2. The subfamily Mitrinae concluded and subfamilies Imbricariinae and Cylindromitrinae. <em>Monographs of Marine Mollusca.</em> 4: ii + 164 pp.
page(s): 107 [details]
status source Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of <i>Mitra</i>: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 183(2): 253-337., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-pdf/183/2/253/25046972/zlx073.pdf [details]
page(s): 61, figs 1-2 [details]
additional source Cernohorsky W.O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world. Part 2. The subfamily Mitrinae concluded and subfamilies Imbricariinae and Cylindromitrinae. <em>Monographs of Marine Mollusca.</em> 4: ii + 164 pp.
page(s): 107 [details]
status source Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of <i>Mitra</i>: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 183(2): 253-337., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-pdf/183/2/253/25046972/zlx073.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
