Imbricaria fulgetrum

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

Imbricaria fulgetrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Imbricaria
Species:
I. fulgetrum
Binomial name
Imbricaria fulgetrum
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra fulgetrum Reeve, 1844
  • Ziba fulgetrum (Reeve, 1844)

Description

The shell size varies between 15 mm and 28 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Western Pacific Ocean along Papua New Guinea, Solomons Islands and Fiji.

References

  1. Imbricaria fulgetrum (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2018.
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world (Part 2). Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4. page(s): 40


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