Imbricaria cloveri

Imbricaria cloveri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Imbricaria cloveri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Imbricaria
Species:
I. cloveri
Binomial name
Imbricaria cloveri
(Cernohorsky, 1971)
Synonyms
  • Cancilla (Ziba) cloveri Cernohorsky, 1971 (basionym)
  • Cancilla cloveri Cernohorsky, 1971 (original combination)
  • Swainsonia cloveri (Cernohorsky, 1971)
  • Ziba cloveri (Cernohorsky, 1971)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Japan and the Solomon Islands

References

  • Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2008). Mitridae. pp. 330–417, in: G.T. Poppe (ed.), Philippine marine mollusks, volume 2. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 848 pp.


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