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.

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lexID:: 18276
AphiaID:: 217205

Scientific:: Neocancilla clathrus
German:: Clathrus-Mitra
English:: Clathrus Mitre

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Mitridae (Family) > Neocancilla (Genus) > clathrus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Gmelin, ), 1791

Occurrence:: Aldabra Group, 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
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
Neocancilla hartorum
Neocancilla hebes
Neocancilla hemmenae
Neocancilla kayae
Neocancilla latistriata
Neocancilla lavoisieri
Neocancilla papilio
Neocancilla pretiosa
Neocancilla splendidula
Neocancilla takiisaoi
Neocancilla vicdani
Neocancilla waikikiensis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2026-04-15 16:23:52
Last edit:: 2026-04-17 14:12:06

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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.

Synonyms:
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)

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