Imbricaria bacillum

Imbricaria bacillum, common name the Philippine mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Imbricaria bacillum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Imbricaria
Species:
I. bacillum
Binomial name
Imbricaria bacillum
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms
  • Cancilla philippinarum (A. Adams, 1853)
  • Mitra baccillum Lamarck, 1811 (incorrect original spelling)
  • Mitra bacillum Lamarck, 1811 (original combination)
  • Mitra fischeri Souverbie, 1860
  • Mitra philippinarum A. Adams, 1853
  • Mitra strigillata G. B. Sowerby II, 1874
  • Ziba bacillum (Lamarck, 1811)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 14 mm and 32.4 mm.

The shell is spirally grooved and longitudinally striped with greenish or bluish grey. [2]

Distribution

This marine species off the Andamans, the Philippines and off Samoa.

References



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