Imbricaria annulata

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Imbricaria annulata
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.216640 - Ziba annulata (Reeve, 1844) - Mitridae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Shell of Imbricaria annulata (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Imbricaria
Species:
I. annulata
Binomial name
Imbricaria annulata
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mitra (Cancilla) annulataReeve, 1844
  • Mitra acutilirataSowerby III, 1874
  • Mitra annulataReeve, 1844 (original combination)
  • Mitra marionaeMelvill, J.C., 1888
  • Mitra nitensKiener, L.C., 1838
  • Subcancilla annulata(Reeve, 1844)
  • Ziba annulata(Reeve, 1844)

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

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 35 mm.

The shell is subovate, pale rose, encircled with angular ridges, painted on the angles with interrupted red-brown lines. It is longitudinally striated between the ridges. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Zanzibar down to Mozambique; off China and Japan; of the Marquesas

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