Imbricaria pretiosa, common name the splendid mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Imbricaria |
| Species: | I. pretiosa
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| Imbricaria pretiosa (Reeve, 1844)
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 40 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off East Africa; in the Eastern Indian Ocean; and off Fiji.[2]
References
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- ^ a b Imbricaria pretiosa (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2018.
- ^ "Imbricaria pretiosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- Kilburn R.N. (1974). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (3): Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, with descriptions of new taxa of Naticidae, Fasciolariidae, Magilidae, Volutomitridae and Turridae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 22: 187–220.