Imbricaria rufilirata

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

Imbricaria rufilirata
Shell of Imbricaria rufilirata (specimen atNaturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Imbricaria
Species:
I. rufilirata
Binomial name
Imbricaria rufilirata
(Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancilla (Domiporta) rufilirata (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  • Cancilla rufilirata (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  • Domiporta rufilirata (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  • Mitra rufilirata Adams & Reeve, 1850 (original combination)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin.

References

  • Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.


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