Imbricaria conularis

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

Imbricaria conularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Imbricaria
Species:
I. conularis
Binomial name
Imbricaria conularis
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms
  • Conoelix lineatus Swainson, 1821
  • Imbricaria conica Schumacher, 1817
  • Imbricaria conularis f. crouani (Crosse, 1868)
  • Mitra conularis Lamarck, 1811 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 26 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Australia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and French Polynesia.

References

  • Cernohorsky W.O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world. Part 2. The subfamily Mitrinae concluded and subfamilies Imbricariinae and Cylindromitrinae. Monographs of Marine Mollusca. 4: ii + 164 pp.
  • Tsuchiya K. (2017). Family Mitridae. Pp. 973–982, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp
  • 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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