Imbricaria insculpta

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

Imbricaria insculpta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Imbricaria
Species:
I. insculpta
Binomial name
Imbricaria insculpta
(A. Adams, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Mitra intersculpta G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 (original combination)
  • Ziba insculpta (A. Adams, 1851)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 16 mm and 28 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific and off Vietnam and the Philippines.

References


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