Imbricaria conularis

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Imbricaria conularis
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Imbricaria
Species:
I. conularis
Binomial name
Imbricaria conularis
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms
  • Conoelix lineatus Swainson, 1821
  • Imbricaria conica Schumacher, 1817
  • Imbricaria conularis f. crouani (Crosse, 1868)
  • Mitra conularis Lamarck, 1811 (original combination)

Imbricaria conularis, common name the cone mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Description[]

The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 26 mm.

Distribution[]

This marine species occurs off Australia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and French Polynesia.

References[]

  • Cernohorsky W.O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world. Part 2. The subfamily Mitrinae concluded and subfamilies Imbricariinae and Cylindromitrinae. Monographs of Marine Mollusca. 4: ii + 164 pp.
  • Tsuchiya K. (2017). Family Mitridae. Pp. 973–982, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp
  • Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2008). Mitridae. Pp. 330–417, in: G.T. Poppe (ed.), Philippine marine mollusks, volume 2. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 848 pp.

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