Imaclava ima, common name Ima's turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Imaclava ima | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Imaclava |
Species: | I. ima
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Binomial name | |
Imaclava ima | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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McLean (1971) considered this species to be a synonym of Imaclava unimaculata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)[3]
Description
editThe shell grows to a length of 50 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Baja California, Mexico.
References
edit- ^ Bartsch, P. (1944a) Some notes upon West American turrid mollusks. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 57, 25–30.
- ^ a b Imaclava ima Bartsch, 1944. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 October 2011.
- ^ McLean, J.H. (1971b) Family Turridae. In Keen, A.M. (Ed.) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. Second Edition. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, pp. 686–766.
External links
edit- "Imaclava ima". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.