Imbricaria

Imbricaria
Imbricaria olivaeformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Infraorder: Neogastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Imbricaria
Type species
Imbricaria conica Schumacher, H.C.F., 1817

Imbricaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Imbricaria include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Imbricaria carbonacea (Hinds, 1844): synonym of Mitra carbonacea (Hinds, 1844)
  • Imbricaria filum (Wood, 1828): synonym of Imbricaria bicolor (Swainson, 1824)
  • Imbricaria olivaeformis (Swainson, 1821): synonym of Swainsonia olivaeformis (Swainson, 1821)
  • Imbricaria porphyria Verco, 1896: synonym of Peculator porphyria (Verco, 1896)
  • Imbricaria punctata (Swainson, 1821): synonym of Pterygia punctata (Swainson, 1821)
  • Imbricaria vanikoroensis [sic] : synonym of Imbricaria vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

Distribution

Species from this genus can be found in the Indian Ocean along Chagos and Mauritius.

References

  1. ↑ Schumacher (1817). Ess. Vers test. 71: 236.
  2. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2010). Imbricaria. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204882 on 2010-12-11
  • Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis of its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43-50


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