''Imbricaria'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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in the
family
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Mitridae
Mitridae, known as mitres or mitre shells, are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of sea snails, widely distributed marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Mitroidea.
Both the Latin name and the common name a ...
, the miters or miter snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Imbricaria'' include:
* ''
Imbricaria amoena''
(A. Adams, 1853)
* ''
Imbricaria annulata
''Imbricaria annulata'', common name the ringed mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 35 mm.
The s ...
''
(Reeve, 1844)
* ''
Imbricaria armonica''
(T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 2005)
* ''
Imbricaria astyagis''
(Dohrn, 1860)
* ''
Imbricaria bacillum''
(Lamarck, 1811)
* ''
Imbricaria baisei''
(Poppe, Tagaro & R. Salisbury, 2009)
* ''
Imbricaria bantamensis''
(Oostingh, 1939)
* ''
Imbricaria bellulavaria''
(Dekkers, Herrmann, Poppe & Tagaro, 2014)
* ''
Imbricaria cernohorskyi
''Imbricaria cernohorskyi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Description
Shell size 35-40 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Pitcairn and Kermadec Islands
...
''
(Rehder & B. R. Wilson, 1975)
* ''
Imbricaria cloveri
''Imbricaria cloveri'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 35 mm.
Distribution
This marine species oc ...
''
(Cernohorsky, 1971)
* ''
Imbricaria conularis''
Lamarck, 1811)
* ''
Imbricaria flammea''
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
* ''
Imbricaria flammigera''
(Reeve, 1844)
* ''
Imbricaria fulgetrum''
(Reeve, 1844)
* ''
Imbricaria hidalgoi''
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1913)
* ''
Imbricaria hrdlickai''
(R. Salisbury, 1994)
* ''
Imbricaria insculpta''
(A. Adams, 1853)
* ''
Imbricaria interlirata''
(Reeve, 1844)
* ''
Imbricaria intersculpta''
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
* ''
Imbricaria kermadecensis''
(Cernohorsky, 1978)
* ''
Imbricaria maui''
(Kay, 1979)
* ''
Imbricaria nadayaoi''
(Bozzetti, 1997)
* ''
Imbricaria philpoppei''
(Poppe, Tagaro & R. Salisbury, 2009)
* ''
Imbricaria polycincta''
(H. Turner, 2007)
* ''
Imbricaria pretiosa''
(Reeve, 1844)
* ''
Imbricaria pugnaxa''
(Poppe, Tagaro & R. Salisbury, 2009)
* ''
Imbricaria ruberorbis''
(Dekkers, Herrmann, Poppe & Tagaro, 2014)
* ''
Imbricaria rufilirata''
(A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
* ''
Imbricaria rufogyrata''
(Poppe, Tagaro & R. Salisbury, 2009)
* ''
Imbricaria salisburyi''
(Drivas & Jay, 1990)
* ''
Imbricaria tahitiensis''
(Herrmann & R. Salisbury, 2012)
* ''
Imbricaria verrucosa''
(Reeve, 1845)
* ''
Imbricaria yagurai''
(Kira, 1959)
* ''
Imbricaria zetema''
(Dekkers, Herrmann, Poppe & Tagaro, 2014)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Imbricaria bicolor'': synonym of ''
Scabricola bicolor''
(Swainson, 1824)
* ''Imbricaria carbonacea''
(Hinds, 1844): synonym of ''
Imbricariopsis carbonacea
''Imbricariopsis carbonacea'', common name carbon imbricaria, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 17 mm and 32 mm ...
''
(Hinds, 1844)
* ''Imbricaria conica''
Schumacher, 1817: synonym of ''Imbricaria conularis''
(Lamarck, 1811)
* ''Imbricaria conovula'': synonym of ''
Imbricariopsis conovula
''Imbricariopsis conovula'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 20 mm.
Distribution
This marine specie ...
''
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
* ''Imbricaria conus'': synonym of ''
Pterygia conus''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Imbricaria filum''
(Wood, 1828): synonym of ''
Scabricola bicolor''
(Swainson, 1824)
* ''Imbricaria olivaeformis''
(Swainson, 1821): synonym of ''
Swainsonia olivaeformis''
(Swainson, 1821)
* ''Imbricaria porphyria''
Verco, 1896: synonym of ''
Peculator porphyria''
(Verco, 1896)
* ''Imbricaria punctata''
(Swainson, 1821): synonym of ''
Imbricariopsis punctata
''Imbricariopsis punctata'', common name the bone-like mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.Bouchet, P. (2017). Pterygia punctata (Swainson, 1821). In: MolluscaBase (2017) ...
''
(Swainson, 1821)
* ''Imbricaria vanikorensis'': synonym of ''
Imbricariopsis vanikorensis
''Imbricariopsis vanikorensis'', commonly named the Vanikoro mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 9 mm and 20&n ...
''
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Distribution
Species from this genus can be found in the Indian Ocean along
Chagos
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and
Mauritius
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.
References
* Sheppard, A (1984). ''The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis of its broad distribution patterns''. Coral Reefs 3: 43-50
External links
Eurasia shells info
Schumacher C.F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls.Swainson, W. (1820-1823). Zoological Illustrations, or, original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists. London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joe; Strand: W. Wood. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-18 [1820] pl. 19-83 [1821] pl. 84-134 [1822] pl. 135-182 Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(2): 253-337
Mitridae
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