Imbricaria tahitiensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1][2]
Imbricaria tahitiensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Mitroidea |
Family: | Mitridae |
Subfamily: | Imbricariinae |
Genus: | Imbricaria |
Species: | I. tahitiensis
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Binomial name | |
Imbricaria tahitiensis (Herrmann & Salisbury, 2012)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Subcancilla tahitiensis Herrmann & Salisbury, 2012 |
Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 17 mm and 20 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Tahiti.
References
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- ^ 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
- ^ 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.