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:
- Imbricaria bicolor (Swainson, 1824)
- Imbricaria carbonacea (Hinds, 1844)
- Imbricaria conovula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
- Imbricaria conularis (Lamarck, 1811)
- Imbricaria filum Wood
- Imbricaria olivaeformis (Swainson, 1821)
- Imbricaria punctata (Swainson, 1821)
- Imbricaria vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Distribution
Species from this genus can be found in the Indian Ocean along Chagos and Mauritius.
References
- ↑ Schumacher (1817). Ess. Vers test. 71: 236.
- ↑ 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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