Imbricaria

Imbricaria
Imbricaria olivaeformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Infraorder: Neogastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Imbricaria
Schumacher, 1817[1]
Type species
Imbricaria conica Schumacher, H.C.F., 1817

Imbricaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Imbricaria include:

Distribution

Species from this genus can be found in the Indian Ocean along Chagos and Mauritius.

References

  1. Schumacher (1817). Ess. Vers test. 71: 236.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Imbricaria. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204882 on 2010-12-11

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