Imbricaria tahitiensis

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Imbricaria tahitiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Mitroidea
Family: Mitridae
Subfamily: Imbricariinae
Genus: Imbricaria
Species:
I. tahitiensis
Binomial name
Imbricaria tahitiensis
(Herrmann & Salisbury, 2012)
Synonyms[1]

Subcancilla tahitiensis Herrmann & Salisbury, 2012

Imbricaria tahitiensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1][2]

Description[edit]

The length of the shell varies between 17 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off Tahiti.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Imbricaria tahitiensis (Herrmann & Salisbury, 2012). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1061625 on 2019-01-04
  2. ^ 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.