Imbricaria interlirata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Imbricaria
Species:
I. interlirata
Binomial name
Imbricaria interlirata
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancilla interlirata (Reeve, 1844)
  • Mitra interlirata Reeve, 1844
  • Scabricola interlirata (Reeve, 1844)
  • Subcancilla interlirata (Reeve, 1844)
  • Ziba interlirata (Reeve, 1844)

Imbricaria interlirata, common name the interlyrate mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 29 mm and 57 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific and off New Guinea and Fiji.

References

  • Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2008). Mitridae. pp. 330–417, in: G.T. Poppe (ed.), Philippine marine mollusks, volume 2. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 848 pp.
Ziba interlirata, side view


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