Imbricariopsis vanikorensis

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Imbricariopsis vanikorensis
Imbricariopsis vanikorensis (MNHN-IM-2000-30312).jpeg
Shell of Imbricaria vanikorensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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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, 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]

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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.

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