Imbricaria olivaeformis
| Imbricaria olivaeformis | |
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| 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 |
| Species: | I. olivaeformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Imbricaria olivaeformis Swainson, 1821 | |
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Imbricaria olivaeformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miter shells or miter snails.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific along the Mascarene Basin and Réunion; in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Hawaii, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Japan and Okinawa
Description
The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 21 mm
References
- ↑ "Imbricaria olivaeformis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2010). Imbricaria olivaeformis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208145 on 2010-12-11
- Arianna Fulvo and Roberto Nistri (2005). 350 coquillages du monde entier. Delachaux et Niestlé (Paris) : 256 p. ISBN 2-603-01374-2
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world (Part 2). Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4. page(s): 138
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