Imbricaria zetema

Imbricaria zetema
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Imbricaria
Species:	I. zetema
Binomial name
Imbricaria zetema (Dekkers, Herrmann, Poppe & Tagaro, 2014)
Synonyms
Subcancilla zetemaDekkers, Herrmann, Poppe & Tagaro, 2014 (original combination)

Imbricaria zetema previously known as Subcancilla zetema is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropoda mollusc in the family Mitridae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 19 mm and 40 mm ^[1] though found shells can get as small as 17 mm. ^[2]

Their feeding type is described as being a predator.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines; North Borneo and Papua New Guinea.

Original description

• Dekkers A.M., Herrmann M., Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2014) Three new species of Subcancilla from the Pacific Ocean (Gastropoda: Mitridae). Visaya 4(2): 39-48. [May 2014] page(s): 43.

References

1. Imbricaria zetema (Dekkers, Herrmann, Poppe & Tagaro, 2014) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. "Shell Encyclopedia - Conchological MegaDatabase Iconographic Overview on Mollusks | ConchologyMITRIDAE, Imbricaria zetema | Conchology". conchology.be. Retrieved 2025-03-31.

External links

• Worms Link
• 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

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