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Imaclava ima

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Imaclava ima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Imaclava
Species:
I. ima
Binomial name
Imaclava ima
Bartsch, 1944 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Drillia (Imaclava) ima (Barsch, 1944)

Imaclava ima, common name Ima's turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

McLean (1971) considered this species to be a synonym of Imaclava unimaculata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)[3]

Description

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The shell grows to a length of 50 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Baja California, Mexico.

References

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  1. ^ Bartsch, P. (1944a) Some notes upon West American turrid mollusks. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 57, 25–30.
  2. ^ a b Imaclava ima Bartsch, 1944. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 October 2011.
  3. ^ McLean, J.H. (1971b) Family Turridae. In Keen, A.M. (Ed.) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. Second Edition. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, pp. 686–766.
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  • "Imaclava ima". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.