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

Imbricaria pretiosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Imbricaria
Species:
I. pretiosa
Binomial name
Imbricaria pretiosa
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancilla antoniae Adams, H.G., 1870
  • Mitra pretiosa Reeve, 1844
  • Neocancilla pretiosa (Reeve, 1844)
  • Ziba pretiosa (Reeve, 1844)

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off East Africa; in the Eastern Indian Ocean; and off Fiji.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Imbricaria pretiosa (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Imbricaria pretiosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  • Kilburn R.N. (1974). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (3): Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, with descriptions of new taxa of Naticidae, Fasciolariidae, Magilidae, Volutomitridae and Turridae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 22: 187–220.