Imbricaria
Encyclopedia
Imbricaria is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusk in the family
Mitridae
, the miters or miter snails.
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusk in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Mitridae
Mitridae
Mitridae, known as mitre shells, are a taxonomic family of sea snails, widely distributed marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Neogastropoda....
, the miters or miter snails.
Species
Species within the genus Imbricaria include:- Imbricaria bicolorImbricaria bicolorImbricaria bicolor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails....
(Swainson, 1824) - Imbricaria carbonaceaImbricaria carbonaceaImbricaria carbonacea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails....
(Hinds, 1844) - Imbricaria conovulaImbricaria conovulaImbricaria conovula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails....
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) - Imbricaria conularisImbricaria conularisImbricaria conularis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails....
(Lamarck, 1811) - Imbricaria filumImbricaria filumImbricaria filum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails....
Wood - Imbricaria olivaeformis (Swainson, 1821)
- Imbricaria punctataImbricaria punctataImbricaria punctata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails....
(Swainson, 1821) - Imbricaria vanikorensisImbricaria vanikorensisImbricaria vanikorensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails....
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Distribution
Species from this genus can be found in the Indian Ocean along Chagos and MauritiusMauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
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