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Imbricaria fulgetrum

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Imbricaria fulgetrum
Shell of Imbricaria fulgetrum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Imbricaria
Species:
I. fulgetrum
Binomial name
Imbricaria fulgetrum
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra boissaci Montrouzier, R.P., 1859
  • Mitra cyri Dohrn, H., 1860
  • Mitra fulgetrum Reeve, 1844
  • Ziba fulgetrum (Reeve, 1844)

Imbricaria fulgetrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Description

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The shell size varies between 15 mm and 28 mm

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Western Pacific Ocean off Papua New Guinea, Solomons Islands and Fiji.

References

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  1. ^ a b Imbricaria fulgetrum (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2018.
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world (Part 2). Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4. page(s): 40
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