Imbricariopsis vanikorensis

Imbricariopsis vanikorensis
Shell of Imbricaria vanikorensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Imbricariopsis
Species:	I. vanikorensis
Binomial name
Imbricariopsis vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Synonyms
Imbricaria vanikorensis(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Imbricaria vanikoroensis [sic] (misspelling) Mitra vanikorensisQuoy & Gaimard, 1833

Imbricariopsis vanikorensis, commonly named the Vanikoro 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 9 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and Southern Japan;also off Vanikoro, the Solomons and Fiji.

References

1. Imbricariopsis vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 December 2018.

External links

• Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832-1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'"Astrolabe" exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833]. Paris: Tastu
• 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