Imbricariopsis vanikorensis | |
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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 | |
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Imbricariopsis vanikorensis, common name the Vanikoro mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 9 mm and 20 mm.
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This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and Southern Japan;also off Vanikoro, the Solomons and Fiji.
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