Imbricaria flammea

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

Imbricaria flammea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Imbricaria
Species:
I. flammea
Binomial name
Imbricaria flammea
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra flammigera Reeve, 1844
  • Mitra interlirata Reeve, 1844
  • Subcancilla flammea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  • Ziba flammea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

Description

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The shell size varies between 10 mm and 34 mm

Distribution

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This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and Mauritius; Indo-West Pacific.

References

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  1. ^ a b Imbricaria flammea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2018.
  • Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste preliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux especes nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21–74
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world (Part 2). Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4. page(s): 52
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