Imbricaria cloveri

(Redirected from Ziba cloveri)

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

Imbricaria cloveri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Imbricaria
Species:
I. cloveri
Binomial name
Imbricaria cloveri
(Cernohorsky, 1971)
Synonyms
  • Cancilla (Ziba) cloveri Cernohorsky, 1971 (basionym)
  • Cancilla cloveri Cernohorsky, 1971 (original combination)
  • Swainsonia cloveri (Cernohorsky, 1971)
  • Ziba cloveri (Cernohorsky, 1971)

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Taiwan, Japan
and the Solomon Islands

References

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  • 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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