Imbricaria salisburyi

Imbricaria salisburyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1][2]

Imbricaria salisburyi
Shell of Imbricaria salisburyi (holotype at MNHN? Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Mitroidea
Family: Mitridae
Subfamily: Imbricariinae
Genus: Imbricaria
Species:
I. salisburyi
Binomial name
Imbricaria salisburyi
(Drivas & Jay, 1990)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancilla (Domiporta) salisburyi Drivas & Jay, 1990
  • Cancilla salisburyi Drivas & Jay, 1990
  • Subcancilla salisburyi (Drivas & Jay, 1990)
  • Ziba salisburyi (Drivas & Jay, 1990)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 14 mm and 21 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Réunion and the Philippines

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Imbricaria salisburyi (Drivas & Jay, 1990). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1061620 on 2019-01-04
  2. Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(2): 253–337.
  • Drivas J. & Jay M. (1990). Descriptions of new mollusks from Réunion Island -II. Cerithidae, Lamellariidae, Buccinidae, Mitridae, and Veneridae. Venus. 49(4): 271–279.


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