Imbricaria

Genus of gastropods

Imbricaria
Imbricaria baisei
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
Schumacher, 1817[1]
Type species
Imbricaria conica Schumacher, 1817
Synonyms

Conoelix Swainson, 1821

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

Species

Species within the genus Imbricaria include:[2]

Species brought into synonymy

Distribution

Species from this genus can be found in the Indian Ocean along Chagos and Mauritius.

References

  1. ^ Schumacher (1817). Ess. Vers test. 71: 236.
  2. ^ a b Imbricaria Schumacher, 1817. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2018.
  • Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis of its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43-50
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  • 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
Taxon identifiers
Imbricaria


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