Imbricariopsis vanikorensis
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| Shell of Imbricaria vanikorensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Imbricariopsis |
| Species: | I. vanikorensis
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| Imbricariopsis vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
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Imbricariopsis vanikorensis, common name the Vanikoro mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 9 mm and 20 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and Southern Japan;also off Vanikoro, the Solomons and Fiji.
References
[edit]- ^ Imbricariopsis vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2018.
External links
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- Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832-1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'"Astrolabe" exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833]. Paris: Tastu
- 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