Neocancilla papilio

Neocancilla papilio is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.^[1]

Subspecies

• Neocancilla papilio emersoni (Pilsbry, 1921)
• Neocancilla papilio langfordiana (J. Cate, 1962)
• Neocancilla papilio papilio (Link, 1807)

Neocancilla papilio
Shell of Neocancilla papilio
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Neocancilla
Species:	N. papilio
Binomial name
Neocancilla papilio (Link, 1807)
Synonyms
Mitra scabriuscula Lamarck, 1811 Mitra sphaerulata Martyn, 1784 (non-binominal) Scabricola scabriuscula (Lamarck, 1811) Voluta leucostoma Gmelin, 1791 Voluta papilio Link, 1807 (original combination)

Description

The shell is sculptured with thick beaded ridges. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea.